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

In this region, has the Minister met the city manager, Mr. Owen Keegan, the Fingal county manager, Mr. Paul Reid? Has he or his officials met Mr. Dick Brady or members of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive? Does he have any plans to inspect the conditions in which these homeless families are forced to live for nine or ten months and in some cases more than a year?

Has the Minister spoken to the children on the issue? He mentioned that in the preparation of the report to the UN committee he had a parallel report into which children gave input. Has he spoken to them, even outside the type of information clinic or whatever situation he might meet these children? Has he actually looked at the accommodation and brought it to the attention of the Minister, Deputy Kelly, and the Taoiseach?

The situation we have now, in which the number of homeless children has doubled in eight or nine months, cannot go on. We need it to end. First and foremost, we need to stop children from being made homeless.

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