There has been widespread condemnation by Dublin City Councillors of the Minister for Housing's call for local authorities to rezone additional lands for housing in their areas.
Sinn Féin's Daithí Doolan said he does not believe that councils are the problem when it comes to building homes and said he was concerned the move would give a blank cheque for developers.
The Green Party's Michael Pidgeon said he found elements of the National Planning Framework "bizarre" and called for a different approach when it comes to looking for land that is suitable for housing.
Labour's Dermot Lacey said that it was his experience that the Department of Housing is the "key enemy of housing", saying that its bureaucracy was "destroying local government and our ability to deliver housing".
He said "the department is one of the biggest obstacles to providing housing in this country".
The Social Democrats' Catherine Stocker, who it was earlier announced would be standing down from her role as councillor, said the minister was trying to feed the narrative that the housing problem is a zoning or a planning issue and that he was trying to point the finger of blame in the wrong direction.
She also expressed concern that the move by Minister James Browne was "another bid to make more land available to the private sector".
Sinn Féin's Mícheál Mac Donncha accused the minister of "impoverishing" local developments by removing the requirements for community space and he said the minister has "a brass neck" coming to the council saying they should make more housing available, describing it as ironic and bizarre.
Independent Councillor Malachy Steenson asked fellow councillors if they have any power within their own political parties to change what is happening.
People Before Profit's Conor Reddy said it was "quite rich" that councillors were getting this guidance from a minister who had paused work on some social housing developments in the city.
Dublin City Council officials told councillors that they have a robust process for identifying land housing and they would be holding workshops with councillors to identify landbanks that may be suitable for further development.
They also said the plans for the developing of housing at the Ballyboggan industrial estate in Glasnevin would provide some additional housing in the city that had been originally outlined.
Councillors also asked if Minister Browne had accepted their invitation to discuss the issues relating to housing in Dublin city with them, and Lord Mayor Ray McAdam said that he would be inviting him to meet councillors personally tomorrow.
