Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise with the Minister of State a meeting I attended last night regarding Mr. Sean Meehan, who is facing homelessness and legal action because he has been ordered to demolish his current residence. This is absolutely crazy in the middle of the housing crisis we have. Does the Government actually believe that people who have had to house themselves should be made homeless at this stage? There are a couple of small things that went awry with the planning. I know the Minister of State has asked certain local authorities to intervene in different cases. We are asking him to intervene in this case. What does he intend to do to help Mr. Meehan and others who are caught in this crazy situation? We have thousands of people on housing lists in local authorities because there is inconsistency right across the country. There is no uniformity. That needs to happen as well. We have to stop - this Government needs to stop - making people homeless and adding to that list.

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