Cabinet Committees
Dail Éireann — 2024-06-25
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Cian O'Callaghan (SD), Dublin Bay North

I want to ask the Taoiseach about the rough sleeper count published recently by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive. The number of people living on the streets in Dublin has increased by 54% in the past year. There are now 128 people sleeping rough. That is 128 people without a bed to sleep in and without somewhere safe to go home to. It is 128 people without any shelter, who have been failed by this State. This does not include the numbers of people who are seeking international protection who are sleeping rough or living in tents. Other European countries, for example, Finland, have succeeded in eradicating rough sleeping. There is no reason we could not do the same here. What is the Taoiseach doing to eradicate rough sleeping?

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