Housing

Department under fire over refusal to disclose McVerry Trust restructuring plan

Housing officials in stand-off with TDs on Oireachtas committee over future of housing and homeless charity

The Department of Housing, led by Darragh O’Brien, has been criticised for refusing to release details of the restructuring of the Peter McVerry Trust. Picture: Fergal Phillips

The Department of Housing has been criticised for refusing to release details around the restructuring of the Peter McVerry Trust following an unprecedented €15 million government bailout for the housing and homeless charity.

The Oireachtas housing committee is seeking to compel both the department and the trust to provide details of the plan to reform the organisation, however it has so far refused to engage on the matter.

Eoin Ó Broin, the Sinn Féin housing ...