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

One of the major concerns is youth homelessness. A strategy was announced. Many single people are living in their parents' homes or living rough and moving from place to place. We are not seeing the full extent of the problem. A single person has little or no chance of being housed because there are more than 98,000 families on housing waiting lists. We need to examine youth homelessness. The problem needs to be addressed in a more rigorous manner because some people will end up in long-term homelessness. In many cases we need to urgently tackle short-term homelessness.

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