Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There are also 1,275 children in homeless accommodation. At the weekend, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, an Teachta Kelly, told RTE that emergency legislation would be introduced to speed up planning. This is one of the serial announcements he makes on this issue. When will we see the Government's emergency legislation to tackle homelessness? Has the Government any plans to introduce legislation on rent controls or rent freezes?

Last June, the Taoiseach told me he would facilitate a debate on the McMahon report into the direct provision system. I grant that some aspects of this report are welcome, but overall it is a disappointing response to a very difficult humanitarian issue and to a direct provision system that has been widely condemned. We have seen tens of thousands-----

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