Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion

Photo of Catherine NooneCatherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is really good. I am interested in the language relating to what Ms Lambe described as "own-door housing", which is still emergency housing. I do not mean to sound in any way lacking in empathy, but why would we describe somebody as homeless when he or she, depending on how long he or she has been in his or her own-door accommodation, has a home as such? That is not necessarily a home in the way one would like to have a home on a permanent basis. However, why would it serve the statistics or anyone working in the area of homelessness to describe someone who has a home as such as being homeless?

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