Ministers ‘telling lies’ on public housing record, says Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil has accused coalition ministers of “telling lies” over their record on public housing and called for a senior minister to be appointed under the next government to address the crisis.

The party also questioned the Central Bank governor’s hesitancy to tackle banks continuing to charge high variable mortgage rates and said he was “not the oracle”.

Launching the party’s proposals to help increase home ownership as well as tackle homelessness, environment spokesman Barry Cowen accused the Fine Gael-Labour Coalition of “massaging figures” over housing.