A confidential Cabinet memo has been leaked revealing the government’s social and affordable housing targets will not be met for the third year in a row, according to the Irish Independent.

The memo also mentioned some other crucial parts of the Minister of Housing's plan are significantly behind schedule.

Sinn Féin representative Eoin Ó Broin TD has hit out at the reports, describing the government's housing plan as 'not fit for purpose'.

Deputy Ó Broin said: "While the Minister has been quick to blame Covid-19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and construction sector inflation for the missed targets, the real reason is that his plan is fundamentally flawed.

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"The government's public housing targets are too low and its delivery mechanisms too bureaucratic. The overall level of investment is significantly less than the €4 billion claimed by the Minister. Their approach, like that of the last government, is too reliant on the private sector to meet social and affordable housing demand. 

"It is no surprise that the plan isn't working. It never could and never will work.

"Only a radical change of approach can start to undo the decades of bad Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael housing policy. That change requires a change of government. The sooner that happens the better, particularly for those in acute housing need due to the failures of Darragh O'Brien and his government colleagues."