Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have been contacted by a lady who has three children and is five months pregnant. She is being evicted from emergency accommodation on 5 May. The Minister might ask why this is happening. It is happening because this lady is earning too much over Cork County Council's income threshold for social housing. This is unbelievable stuff. I will ask the Minister a straight question. Is it this Government's policy to remove or refuse people from emergency accommodation when they have nowhere else to go because they are earning too much money? If it is not, the Minister needs to notify every local authority of that.

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