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

Sharon is 66 and has just retired. Her husband John is 66 and will retire in December. They have worked all their lives and paid their taxes and they are both homeless. They were evicted because the Government lifted the eviction ban and were made homeless in August. They are relying on a day-to-day basis on the emergency telephone number and on couchsurfing with different relatives between Lucan and Wexford. Their income is over the threshold for social housing. They are in a desperate state and their story could be repeated for many older people. What will the Government do for people such as Sharon and John? They should be entitled to some kind of support to help them. They are looking for private rental accommodation but cannot get it because it is too expensive, but they cannot get any financial support from the Government to access it.

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