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

Does anyone else have a comment on housing first? I heard Dr. Muldoon speaking earlier about the rise in the number of children. I spoke to a lady there about an hour ago. She has been in recovery for two and a half years. Her two children are with Tusla. They are being looked after now. She wants to get her children back. She is going to court at the moment but she is not allowed on Cork City Council's housing list because she lost a house previously. I think one of the members discussed it. She was in an abusive relationship, she was in the throes of addiction, she lost the house when she went into treatment and now she cannot get her children back. Where are the rights of those children to be with their mother and for the mother to be able to get her children back? The only thing blocking this is she cannot get on the housing list in Cork city, and because of that, she cannot get access to her children. Where are the children's rights coming in there?