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

One of the important categories in the well-being framework is housing. There is nothing more damaging to the well-being of children and families than living in very poor housing conditions. An increasing phenomena is of mothers, fathers and children being crammed into tiny spaces, which is seriously damaging to the well-being and mental health and physical health of children. When there is medical evidence to back the need to prioritise such people for housing, local authorities are increasingly refusing medical priority because of the lack of available three-and four-bedroom social housing units.

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