I agree that it is a complete waste of time and resources for the Taoiseach and Ministers to front job announcements. There are plenty of problems that those resources would be better spent on.
However, your proposal to prosecute the homeless for sleeping on the streets is absolutely nonsensical. Why suggest prosecution in hopes that statutory bodies will provide accommodation? Why not pressure statutory bodies to provide accommodation instead? If that law comes into effect, homeless people will sit in jail for something that's hardly criminal while we wait years for the state to assemble it's faecal matter and provide accommodation for them.
Skip the prosecution, go straight to working toward pressuring the relevant bodies to provide the help that they need to rebuild their lives. The problem isn't merely that that they have nowhere to sleep, your post came across as being very naive to the reality of the situation. Now more than ever we have entire homeless families, the welfare of children must be considered here too which is paramount. In addition to this, so many homeless people are addicts and/or mentally ill. What needs to be addressed is the underlying problems. They need rehabilitation, medical treatment and a roof over their heads. A place that is their own. Temporary accommodation does not work due to severe restrictions placed on the occupants. It would also be significantly cheaper solution than court proceedings and jail time.
I'd like to add that is already the onus of the state to resolve this issue, it does not need to be placed.
Ciara Hicks
Posted on 9 Dec 2014 10:10 pm
I agree that it is a complete waste of time and resources for the Taoiseach and Ministers to front job announcements. There are plenty of problems that those resources would be better spent on.
However, your proposal to prosecute the homeless for sleeping on the streets is absolutely nonsensical. Why suggest prosecution in hopes that statutory bodies will provide accommodation? Why not pressure statutory bodies to provide accommodation instead? If that law comes into effect, homeless people will sit in jail for something that's hardly criminal while we wait years for the state to assemble it's faecal matter and provide accommodation for them.
Skip the prosecution, go straight to working toward pressuring the relevant bodies to provide the help that they need to rebuild their lives. The problem isn't merely that that they have nowhere to sleep, your post came across as being very naive to the reality of the situation. Now more than ever we have entire homeless families, the welfare of children must be considered here too which is paramount. In addition to this, so many homeless people are addicts and/or mentally ill. What needs to be addressed is the underlying problems. They need rehabilitation, medical treatment and a roof over their heads. A place that is their own. Temporary accommodation does not work due to severe restrictions placed on the occupants. It would also be significantly cheaper solution than court proceedings and jail time.
I'd like to add that is already the onus of the state to resolve this issue, it does not need to be placed.