Ms Carly Bailey:

Yes, I can give the Cathaoirleach one I have been dealing with lately. The other organisations will have dealt with this one frequently as well. If you are in a crisis situation and have been given an eviction notice and you are a lone parent, you spend your entire time trying to find somewhere new to live and you are trying to get this and that. Nothing happens and you eventually end up in emergency accommodation or maybe staying with family and friends for a month or so. At that stage it is too long and you still have not found somewhere. That particular journey can go on for a very long time. This could apply to anybody here.

No matter what their family status is, if a person is under pressure, stressed or worried, it is very difficult to think of anything other than this basic need. There is a feeling of failure that you are unable to provide a roof over your children's head, despite the fact that these are all very structural issues.