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

Local authorities have a scheme of letting that is signed off by councillors and is in place. That is the question I wished to ask the Minister.

The key is that tenants must be protected and emergency accommodation must be provided. Housing must be provided for those in emergency accommodation and for those on social housing lists and all such provision must be continued into the future. The Government thus far has failed to do all of these things and that is why we are in this crisis. The Government has failed to dedicate itself to real housing solutions and instead has relied on the private market. The only way to end homelessness is with Government action in the provision of housing because, otherwise, Members will be here again and again.

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