The Central Bank has projected that the Government will miss its own housing targets for the next three years, having also underdelivered in 2024.

A Sinn Féin TD has criticised the suggestion that the Government should influence the nomination of the chair of the influential scrutiny committee

The move to formally change the structure of the committee will go to the Dáil for approval next week

Mairead Farrell said the Government finds it ‘incredibly easy to squander taxpayers’ hard-earned money’.

The Minister for Public Expenditure said he wanted the information he was providing to be as “accurate as possible”

The main opposition party claimed ministers did not understand the scale of the cost-of-living crisis facing people.