In an interview with the Irish Mirror, Micheál Martin said Fianna Fáil had 'made a difference in housing'
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has indicated that he wants his party to keep the housing portfolio in any future coalition with Fine Gael.
The party’s manifesto pledges that if it is re-elected, it will ramp up construction capacity to 60,000 homes per year by 2030. Former Fine Gael housing minister Eoghan Murphy published a book reflecting on his tenure earlier this month. In the book, he suggested he was blocked from implementing some of the proposals and plans he wanted to introduce by ex-Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Paschal Donohoe and former attorney general Seamus Woulfe.
"If you have to sign up with anyone for a programme, the programme for government has to be explicit," Mr Martin said.
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