Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have reached a tipping point in the housing crisis. It is as hard as I have ever seen for somebody to get a house or find a place to rent. There are 11,000 people homeless. A young woman and two children came to my constituency office yesterday and pleaded with me to contact the Housing Agency, which I did. Within the space of two hours, 114 people had sought accommodation. Things have become really serious. It is time that all parties got together and had one working group. Four weeks out from Christmas, people want their own homes. I ask everybody in the House to work together. I know the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, is trying to do his best. Instead of shooting from four or five different points, we need a working group to work together before Christmas.

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