An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Dail Éireann — 2024-04-30 ============================================================ Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow It is not. The number of children and families in emergency accommodation was reduced in March from February. That is what the Minister for housing was remarking on. There is a huge amount that we still need to do. The only way to rectify homelessness is by increasing housing supply. We took a number of actions last week to continue to drive forward with housing supply. We have seen almost 12,000 new homes be commenced so far this year. --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2024-04-30/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:52:53+00:00 Sitting date: 2024-04-30