Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

One of the major obstacles to child welfare is access to suitable secure housing accommodation. I highlight the case of a young mother, Jamie, with two children, Cody and Brody, aged two and four, who have both been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy. This is probably a unique diagnosis in the world. The doctors do not know of any other. She is living with her two children in a very damp flat where they are constantly getting infections in their chest and having to take antibiotics. It is totally inappropriate for children with cystic fibrosis. They need a particular type of accommodation. She has been on the list having her priority assessed for a year but, despite all the doctors’ evidence being provided, she still has not had her priority application assessed. I ask the Taoiseach to seriously look into this particularly difficult and distressing case.

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