Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

When can we expect the National Treasury Management Agency (amendment) Bill to be published? How much funding does the Taoiseach expect to have on hand, after 15 December, to finance the running of the State next year? Different figures were given at budget time in terms of the NTMA kitty.

I support the points made by the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Deputy Mary Lou McDonald in regard to homelessness. While I commend the Taoiseach on his engagement with one of our homeless citizens, it is time for him, as Head of Government, to address this desperate crisis. In my own constituency, for example, 5,000 families are on the housing list or in homeless accommodation, which usually consists of one room in a hotel or bed and breakfast. Will the Taoiseach invite the new city manager, Mr. Owen Keegan, and other relevant parties to initiate an emergency programme to begin dealing with the problem of homelessness and the housing crisis in advance of Christmas?

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