Tadgh McNally: Removing annual housing targets removes political accountability

The State will need to more than double the number of houses it is currently building each year to get on track, going from the 30,330 built in 2024 to around 60,000 per year

Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD defended the change in the new plan, saying it wasn't anything to worry about. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins

Almost a year on from the Government being formed, and we finally have a new housing plan.

Delivering Homes, Building Communities is the fourth housing plan in the last 12 years, the latest attempt by the Government to deal with the crisis that seems to continually bite.