Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I agree that significant logistics are involved in organising to bring a team to the Homeless World Cup for which the FAI deserves great praise, as do the organisers and players.

Can we look forward to Ireland hosting the Homeless World Cup? Has the Minister of State ever considered such a possibility? It would be well worth considering. It is sad we do not have more televised events like this which show our homeless people doing us proud in other countries. I would welcome if representatives of the street leagues could be invited to Leinster House by the Minister of State or other Deputies. It would be a great boost to their morale. There is an enormous amount of work being done in this area, with great progress in general being made in respect of homelessness in terms of the people participating in this sport.

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