Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne says the Taoiseach should be having meetings 'every Monday morning' on the delivery of housing. Photograph: Alan Betson/ The Irish Times

Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne has said many of the party’s backbenchers are frustrated at Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s leadership and the slow pace of delivery on issues such as housing.

Mr Martin should be having meetings every Monday morning with organisations like Uisce Eireann, the ESB and approved housing bodies to keep pressure on them about the delivery of services necessary for more homes to be built, he told Newstalk Breakfast.

“Every Monday morning all the key players around housing should be around the table,” he said.

His comments come as disquiet grows within Fianna Fáil over the party’s disastrous presi

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