Taoiseach met Housing Commission in absence of FF’s Darragh O’Brien, who is responsible for the brief
Taoiseach met Housing Commission in absence of Fianna Fáil’s Darragh O’Brien, who is responsible for the briefFianna Fáil representatives have expressed disquiet over Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's housing interventions, including a meeting without Darragh O'Brien, the Minister for Housing.
“We came into Government in Fianna Fáil in 2020. The main priority of the parliamentary party is to deal with the housing crisis and it’s been quite difficult to do so,” he told the programme. “I didn’t think a number of actions that were taken in the new year were very helpful, including a meeting that took place in Government Buildings in the absence of the Minister for Housing.
“The housing crisis is incredibly acute. I’m the youngest member of the Oireachtas, as many people will know, and I see amongst my own generation how difficult these challenges are. I don’t think a renewed focus from our coalition partners in Government is going to magically solve all of the issues, and I do think we need to be radical, and in order to be radical there needs to be unanimous agreement amongst the stakeholders in Government and there needs to be co-operation.
Last week Fianna Fáil Senator Mary Fitzpatrick offered to apologise after she said Mr Varadkar had found a “road to Damascus-type interest” in housing after a decade in government. “It is great that Leo Varadkar in his new role is now finding a road to Damascus-type interest in the housing crisis that he presided over for whatever the 10 years that he was there,” she said.
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