SF Accused Of Trying To Delay The Construction Of New Homes

Fianna Fáil has accused Sinn Féin of being unable to make decisions relating to the current housing crisis.

Fianna Fáil Councillor David Costello slammed the party for trying to delay the construction of new homes in Dublin.

Councillor Costello said: "Five months ago, Sinn Féin pushed a proposal by Dublin City Council, which sought expressions of interests to develop public housing on a number of vacant sites around the city, to the council's housing committee. At the time I was outraged that Sinn Féin was delaying a process that offered homeless people somewhere to live.


"This process was supposed to bring ideas to the table in relation to solving our housing crisis in the city but five months on and the issue has returned to the council from the housing committee. Sinn Féin members would not make a commitment one way or the other, instead, at the last minute Sinn Féin proposed a number of amendments that sought to restrict the process.

"In other words, they tried to kill the proposal with unworkable and ill-thought out amendments. The people of Dublin need workable solutions."

(CD/JP)