BURKE PEDAL

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- BY CILLIAN SHERLOCK and CATE McCURRY

ENTERPRISE Minister Peter Burke has attempted to row back on claims he made that the Government is "winning" the battle on housing.

The Fine Gael minister said he was "misquoted" and denied making the comments at the weekend.

The Central Bank has projected the Government will miss its housing targets by a wide margin for the next three years, having also underdelivered in 2024.

When this was to put to Mr Burke, he said he would "contest strongly" the Government's housing plan was failing, adding it had met its targets "at scale" in 2023 and 2022.

On RTE's The Week In Politics, Mr Burke added: "I'm trying to explain exactly what we're doing and how we are winning this battle.

"We're starting to turn the tide. It's going to take time. Absolutely, it will take time, I have no doubt in that."