Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)

-----there is no safety net. Our country is looked up to for the way we provided a safety net for homeless people under the rental accommodation scheme, even in the current difficulties. We are one of the few countries that have such a net. We are lucky to have had no deaths from homelessness because everybody is accommodated. There is a bed for everybody in this country and people are not on the side of the road for want of such a policy. The system may not be perfect but it addresses the difficulties people have at this time.

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