Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We can never do enough. Some claim we do nothing. However, we will make €166 million available in this year’s budget to our local authorities to deliver homeless services. In the first six months of this year, 2,825 adults and their dependent children exited homelessness. In Dublin city, which has the highest numbers, 467 families exited emergency accommodation. I can give all the statistics and figures in the world. We must, however, have an honest debate about homelessness in our society, based on facts, real information and what is being done.