Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil TDs hold Dáil 'shouting match' over damning Housing Commission report

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien and Sinn Féin TDs Pearse Doherty and Eoin Ó Broin clashed in 'unedifying and unhelpful' debate 

Housing Commission report urged a radical strategic reset of housing policy, and was scathing on the 'ineffective decision-making and reactive policymaking where risk aversion dominates'.

Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil descended into an “unedifying” spectacle on Thursday afternoon, as Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin TDs had a “shouting match” as they clashed on housing.

“I thought we were better than this,” said Labour leader Ivana Bacik after Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien exchanged words with Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty and Eoin Ó Broin.