Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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Returning to Mr. Rogers on what he said about the emptiness that is there and people have nowhere to go. I travel in on the Luas from the Red Cow and the amount of sadness we now see in society that we may not have seen for a few years is building regularly and people are becoming more sad. There are young men who have nothing and nowhere to go. It is a complete and utter failure of policy. It also happens in rural Ireland. Mr. Rogers spoke about Dublin but it is happening in rural areas. Another issue that none of us realise is that we are all only a few weeks away from being homeless. There is a complete and utter failure in policy that needs to be addressed. I thank him for his comments.