Sinn Féin has expressed disappointment over news that the new Stormanstown development in Ballymun will not provide any social housing.

Local Sinn Féin Councillor Noeleen Reilly said she was led to believe on numerous occasions that the development would have a certain amount of units allocated to people on the waiting list.

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She said: "I am now being told that the only Part V purchases that are still being completed are those where agreements were in place prior to 2012 and there are only two such cases one in Dublin 8 and the other in the Docklands.

"The income from Part V compliance is ring-fenced for housing purposes including undertaking repairs and improvements to units purchased under the Part V scheme but also to increase supply etc.

"I think the government needs to get real on social housing, while I welcome the additional funding in Budget 2015; it is a drop in the ocean to what is needed."

(CD/JP)