James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I cannot stand over any child being in emergency accommodation. I do not want to see any child in that situation. We are doing everything we can to address that and to prevent young children or any child entering into that type of situation. We have record numbers of preventions of families going into emergency accommodation, as well as a record number of exits. We are in a housing crisis, which I am treating as a housing emergency. The key to ensuring we address and end homelessness is to increase the supply of homes. A lack of homes is why we have people becoming homeless. We are bringing in new security of tenure for tenants because we know 40% of the families ending up in homelessness are in that position as a result of the serving of a notice of termination. We are, therefore, strengthening tenants' rights to prevent people going into homelessness.