The Housing Minister has been called to explain why only 48% of social homes that were to be developed this year have been delivered by the end of the third quarter in Ireland.

Labour's Housing spokesperson Jan O'Sullivan is urging Minister Eoghan Murphy to explain the figures that have been revealed.

She said: "There is no realistic prospect of the full target of social housing being delivered by the end of the year. The Minister must explain to opposition parties, and the country, why less than half of the homes he committed to be built this year have been delivered so far.

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"Given the scale of the crisis in front of us now, this really isn't acceptable.

"It is Minister Murphy who has repeatedly ignored calls for a rent freeze, he has refused to accept that the rent pressure zones are not working, and in the face of every recommendation by the opposition, he says that the primary focus must be on supply.

"The Minister seems unwilling to tackle rising rents and unable to deliver the supply he says is the best solution."