Dublin City Council is being placed under "enormous" pressure to cover the Government's failure to deal with the housing crisis, according to Sinn Fein.

TD for Dublin Bay North, Denise Mitchell, said that in 2016 the council has an overall budget of €803 million.

She said: "The expectation is that the Council will spend 35% of that on housing which is by far its greatest expenditure.

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"What is important is that this figure has been rising every year yet in 2015, only 100 family homes were built. Indeed this year alone Dublin City Council will spend €523 per person on housing compared to the national average of €217 per person.

"Obviously this has a knock on effect on the Council's ability to provide other key public services, which has an even greater impact on already disadvantaged communities.

"Post-election Fine Gael has said it misjudged the mood of the people and the levels of anger in society while Fianna Fáil act as if they had no part in creating the crisis."

(CD/JP)