David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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Has Mr. McCarthy read the European Commission's country-specific report on housing? An article in The Irish Timesfrom 27 February states: "The European Commission has strongly criticised the Government’s housing policy, suggesting rapidly rising rents, insufficient residential construction and a lack of affordable and social housing were driving increased rates of homelessnes [sic] in Dublin and elsewhere." The homeless figures published yesterday are 9,987, of whom 3,624 are children. From what I can see in that report, even the European Commission can see that the targets set in 2018 and those delivered lacked ambition, and this is playing a part in a continuing housing crisis. Has Mr. McCarthy read the European Commission's report?