Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Welfare of Ex-Service Personnel: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Ollie O'Connor:
Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked if there was tracking of homeless ex-service personnel. There are no statistical data other than for the people who have contacted health managers. As with all homelessness cases, there are views and bias as to how somebody became homeless, although it can happen for various reasons. If we have time, Mr. Dillon might outline the situation and the problems some of homeless people have. We are not always competent to deal with these problems and believe the State has left us with issues that could be handled better somewhere else.