Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

A Programme for a Partnership Government stated in respect of housing and homelessness that the Government's approach to governing would be clearly seen in how those issues would be addressed. There was a count of people sleeping rough in this city last Saturday night. There were 108 men and 10 women sleeping on the streets. I was tagged in a tweet by an individual on Monday night, along with others. The tweet said that one more person could be added to that figure. The person tweeting stated it was not possible for him or her to get a bed or a mat for the night. The person went on to say that he or she was ashamed to be sleeping in doorways and his or her worst fear was now a reality. We have been told, constantly, that there is a bed for everyone that wants one. Clearly, there is not.

Can the Taoiseach stand over the statement that there is a bed for everyone who wants one? The figures and the experiences of people are not what we are being told.

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