Tom Clonan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have received hundreds of emails from families in crisis for whom precisely that is what has happened. For example, a couple in their 80s will have had their son or a daughter who are in their 50s returned to them. I have been told that sometimes, people are transported in a taxi or a minibus and the parents are told, "Here you are." This is not fake news. It is not an artificial intelligence generated programme to confuse me. These are real people. Every day I meet people here in Leinster House and they tell me their stories. I am getting to the point where I must take my leave and sit somewhere to cope with hearing all this. The amount of unmet need is shocking in Ireland. I am travelling and fact finding. I have been to other jurisdictions and know that Ireland is a complete outlier. I know it is not Dr. Tamming's job to defend the State. Does she really believe that there are housing units and care packages available for the 1,600 people, when the number of packages in the CHO 6 area in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown is in double figures?