Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To follow on from my colleague, Deputy Cowen's comments on the homelessness crisis, when I contacted Westmeath County Council on behalf of a constituent yesterday, I was informed that there was a waiting list, not just to be allocated a house, but to be allocated a homeless housing liaison officer. There is a waiting list just to be dealt with by someone from the council.

While I acknowledge the Government's press releases, reports and strategies, will the Tánaiste acknowledge that not all of these proposals are filtering through to ground level? A woman in her mid-50s cannot even get help from a homeless liaison officer. The system is not working.

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