Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Recent correspondence between the Taoiseach's Ministers and civil servants has revealed an attempt to play down the housing crisis and the exaggeration of the announcement of the €3.8 billion plan of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, to address the housing crisis over six years. The Minister announced plans to deliver 7,400 units this year, some 5,000 of which were to be in the private rental sector, but there is absolutely no possibility of this happening.

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