Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----Ukrainians who desperately need safety and security. Or has the Government let the cat of the bag that it thrives on and is obsessed by optics, gestures and cheap PR that cost the taxpayer and the people with no homes a fortune? Is it more important for the Government to stand on the international stage and be seen to welcome Ukrainian refugees than to have housing and accommodation that they need? Instead of posing as international statesmen I would ask the Members of Government to be actual statesmen for all the people and use this crisis that is affecting our people and the people we welcome so warmly to revolutionise housing in this State. There are too many already trapped in the no-man’s land on our housings lists, losing their children's childhoods waiting and waiting. The Government has the power and the duty to fix this crisis. We are happy and willing to work with the Government because we know from our clinics that there are too many people wasting their lives away waiting for a home.

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