Government to appoint housing tsar within eight weeks, says minister

Government formally advertised for the position in October, offering a salary of €217,000

Housing minister James Browne speaking to the media at a press conference on the housing infrastructure investment fund. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

The Government will appoint its new housing tsar at some point in the next eight weeks, housing minister James Browne has said.

Controversy erupted in 2025 over the Government’s plan to appoint Brendan McDonagh, the current chief executive of the National Asset Management Agency (Nama), as the head of its new Housing Activation Office.