Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion
2:00 am
Dr. Tricia Keilthy:
I thank the Senator and turn to what a child and family homelessness strategy would look like. I mentioned that we think the youth homelessness strategy could be a blueprint for this with the three pillars focused on prevention, looking at how we can prevent families falling into homelessness and how we resource local authorities. Some already have good plans in place so how can we learn from that and bolster those interventions to ensure children are not experiencing homelessness in the first place? We also want to see that-----
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