Sinn Féin has slammed the Government over its failure to tackle the housing crisis in Ireland.

Deputy Leader Mary Lou McDonald said the Govt "simply isn't doing enough" and proposed six key measures to help "get a handle" on the crisis.

She said: "We need real rent certainty and greater protection for tenants.

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"We need ten thousand social houses every year until this crisis ends.

"We need action on the 198,000 vacant properties across the state.

"We need to see the price of houses for purchasers to be brought down, greater action from NAMA to provide social and affordable houses and a moratorium on home repossessions to give a break to those struggling to keep their homes.

"The government urgently needs to take these six key actions in order to tackle what is becoming the most urgent housing crisis the state has ever seen."

(CD/LM)