Simon Harris: 'Zero tolerance' for blockages within the housing system

Tánaiste told party colleagues the Government must be 'deadly serious' about the delivery of homes and 'treat it as an emergency' 

Tánaiste Simon Harris also told Fine Gael TDs and senators that funds provided to Uisce Éireann should be moved towards the supply of housing. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

Tánaiste Simon Harris has said that the Government must have “zero tolerance” for blockages within the housing system while hitting out at “bureaucratic delays”.

The Fine Gael leader told his parliamentary party that the Government needed to be “deadly serious” about the delivery of homes and “treat it as an emergency”.