Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Rory HearneRory Hearne (Dublin North-West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Does Mr. O'Brien think part of the reason the Peter McVerry Trust reached this crisis point is the pressure to provide emergency accommodation and a response to homelessness on a huge scale and that the State has essentially outsourced that to charities? It has been relying on charities fundraising, rather than paying the full cost.

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