National Risk Assessment
Dail Éireann — 2022-11-30
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Ruairí Ó Murchú (SF), Louth

I add my voice to what Deputy O’Callaghan has said about communal heating systems. This is an issue I have raised many times.
I want to deal with the risk posed by poverty. We know about the issues we are dealing with, the general cost of living and the absolute housing emergency. We must consider early family interventions and supports. While there are many good projects, we are very good in this State at coming up with pilots that work very well alongside families to bridge the gaps, but then, without adding resources, we just add a workload that cannot deliver. We know education and employment are the way to break poverty, but a very large number of people need to be given supports so the gaps can be bridged long before we talk about youth diversion or other initiatives. What has occurred represents an absolute failing of the State over many years. What I propose is something we need to do.

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Sitting date: 2022-11-30