Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Those families who are in emergency accommodation deserve a straight answer from the Government today. We all know the figures. There are 695 families living in emergency accommodation at present. We know 60 families present each month to emergency accommodation. We know the Government in its action plan last year set a target that none of those families would be in emergency accommodation on 1 July. We know now the Government will not meet this target. Will the Tánaiste give clarity to these families? What is the new target whereby all families will be out of emergency accommodation in terms of hotel or hostel accommodation? Will the Tánaiste tell us how many of them will go into permanent housing accommodation as opposed to being just moved on to a different type of emergency accommodation?

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