Housing
Taoiseach pins €1bn housing underspend on local authorities ‘not performing’
Leo Varadkar has been accused of trying to ‘dress up failure as success’ in his explanation of the housing budget underspend
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has blamed the €1 billion underspend on housing on local authorities, saying that if the government solely relies on the state and local government to deliver affordable accommodation, fewer homes will be delivered.
Speaking at Leader’s Questions, Cian O’Callaghan, the Housing Spokesperson for the Social Democrats, pointed to the “significant” underspend of the housing budget - which worked out to a quarter of funds allocated - last year and the ”pathetic“ ...