In response to Táinaiste Eamon Gilmore's comments on the housing crisis in Dublin on RTÉ’s News at One, Dublin City Councillor Mary Fitzpatrick has accused Táinaiste Eamon Gilmore of being in complete denial about the magnitude of the housing crisis in Dublin.

He referenced 'almost 1,000' boarded up houses that will be made available to those who are in need of housing.

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Councillor Fitzpatrick said: "While an announcement of up to 1,000 properties is welcome, he did not specify when we can expect them to come on-stream, and it does not come near to addressing the fact that we have 20,000 people on the social housing list in Dublin City Local Authority alone.

"Táinaiste Gilmore also referred to the update earlier this week by Minister for Housing Jan O'Sullivan, that 163 properties were identified as 'completed/contracted' by NAMA for social housing in Dublin City Local Authority.

"Today I have been informed none of these properties have been transferred from NAMA, and that it may be next year before a number of them are ready for allocation."

(CD/JP)