Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I would like to take this opportunity to put on the record of the House the excellent work of the NGO sector in meeting the challenges on a day-to-day basis at the front line of homelessness service delivery. The full truth of the homelessness situation is that there are many stories of desperation. There are also stories, however, of inspiration, of hope, of people and families rising through tough times and coming out the other end. I regret the AAA, Anti-Austerity Alliance, will stick to the narrative of blame because it is easy. As regards the motion itself, it is clear the political goal of the misery merchants of the cranky austerity alliance with the triple A title, which really stands for Against Absolutely Anything or anything that does not get them headlines, is to keep people feeling like victims, to keep them in poverty-----

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