Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----the cost of rent has escalated, yet the Government has chosen to reduce the supports provided to people in receipt of rent allowance. That allowance has also been reduced significantly in recent budgets. Due to this direct policy, the Government has forced people to live on the streets. I am not the one saying this. I had the pleasure of listening to Fr. McVerry last Sunday night in the Church of Ireland church in Mullingar. He outlined the awful consequences that some of the Government's policies were having. Thanks to the reduction in the rent allowance, some people - even those who have not lost their jobs - do not have enough money to pay deposits for private rented accommodation.

The Government needs to approach the European Investment Bank, EIB, to ensure-----

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