Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

For the third time since I entered the Dáil in 2011, I have brought families, which directly affected, into the Visitors Gallery. They are either now homeless, threatened with homelessness or have been on the housing waiting list for ten, 12 or 13 years. Many of them now sitting in the Visitors Gallery are in absolutely dire circumstances.

The figures released today by the Dublin Housing Executive show that the situation has become worse by 55% in the last year, despite all the announcements. Frankly, somebody is telling porkies about these figures. When the Minister says there is €3.8 billion extra it sounds like a lot, but it is €1.5 billion. The rest is coming from the existing social protection budget in the form of RAS and leasing. In other words, people will stay exactly where they are in precarious circumstances. Meanwhile, landlords are evicting people daily because they can get higher rents on the private market. It is bogus and a fantasy to say that there is this big extra injection of money.

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