Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Cork County Council is refusing to put a lady into emergency accommodation because she lost her tenancy through addiction. It turns out that she had been abused by her partner. He has since gone into prison and she has gone into recovery. She is a year into recovery and is trying to get her two children back. She cannot get them back because Cork County Council is refusing to put her into emergency accommodation. That is a disgrace. I wrote to the acting chief executive a few weeks ago and last week I wrote to the chief executive and head of housing at Cork County Council. It is disgraceful that a person who is in recovery and is trying to get her two children back is being prevented from doing so. She cannot get housed by her local authority. This is not the first case. When people are in recovery, they should be able to access emergency accommodation.