Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

How many people will be evicted in this State in the next seven to ten months? What modelling has the Government done to identify the number of people who will be evicted from their homes in this country? What modelling has the Government done to find out how many houses are available and what emergency accommodation is needed in this country as a result of the policies it has taken? Is the decision taken an evidence-based one or are we going on the basis of hope or ideology?

The Minister referred to the level of additional needs. How much money does she think will be necessary to provide additional needs payments until the end of the year? How much will a family be able to draw down? What is the cost of homelessness? If one cannot get emergency accommodation from a local authority and one is faced with a tent or Garda station as one’s home, what are the costs that will be faced by individuals and what is the limit to what a family can draw down through the additional needs payments?

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