Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I did not say there are no funding problems. I will not have a Senator misquote me for her own reasons. I said that homelessness is not a funding problem. That people are homeless is not because there is a lack of funding by the Government. There are complex needs that need to be addressed and we must be sensitive to them. We are putting in place every support we can and we will continue to do more. The homelessness budget has more than doubled since 2014. It will increase again next year. There will be 200 new emergency beds in place by the end of the year, and €45 million is being spent on homes for homeless families.