The Taoiseach has taken aim at Sinn Féin for constantly blaming Government for the housing crisis at a time that the party controls a number of local authorities responsible for building social housing. It comes after Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy wrote to three Dublin local authorities threatening to take powers away from them if they do not take immediate action to address the escalating homelessness problem. At the close of the Fine Gael think-in, Leo Varadkar said: “The reason why we talk about council housing, the reason why we talk about council flats, the reason why we talk about council estates is they are actually provided by the council. “South Dublin County Council, for example, the largest party on that council is Sinn Féin. “They have the power to do it, prioritising housing and homelessness in their budget even if that may mean making hard decisions and transferring funding from other areas,” he said.

Source: Irish Examiner September 08, 2018 02:48 UTC