Minister for Housing to face no confidence motion

The Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien will face a motion of no confidence next Wednesday.

Solidarity-PBP has informed the Dáil Business Committee this morning of its plan to table the motion.

The move will come just days before the Cabinet reshuffle, but it is expected the Government will table a counter-motion. 

The Solidarity-PBP motion states the "failure of the Government to deliver on the worsening housing and homelessness crisis which is tearing apart the social fabric of Irish society and leading to the scapegoating of refugees and International Protection applicants".

The motion notes failure by the Government on housing targets and homeless figures, as well as pointing to the Government's "failed temporary eviction ban".