Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach presides over a homeless catastrophe. We have 12,000 homeless people, more than 3,000 of whom are children. Some 3,000 eviction notices will fall due in April. What is an acceptable level of homelessness? Will the Taoiseach tell us where those 3,000 households will go in the event of losing the roof over their heads? Will the Taoiseach guarantee to this House that no family will be forced to present itself at a Garda station to be accommodated? Can the Taoiseach give those guarantees as he moves ahead with the Government's catastrophic decision to lift an eviction ban and to plunge thousands of households and families into chaos and distress?

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