That is the reality. The Tánaiste and the Government were found guilty.

Where are they going to go?

Where are they going to go?

People have 48 hours.

Ba mhaith liom a bheith associated leis na focail a dúirt an Ceann Comhairle ansin. Guím gach rath ar Noel agus ar a theaghlach. Tá súil agam go mbaineann sé sult as an am atá amach roimhe. The figures given by the HSE to my colleague Deputy Cullinane have confirmed that there is a real crisis in mental health services for children and young people. That crisis continues to deepen. There are now 4,314 children and young people waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, appointment. That has i…

The Government is voting to make them homeless. That is the reality.

The Government is voting to make people homeless.

That is not a slogan; that is reality.

In three days.

It was dodgy deals.

There is no funding.

The Government should not be making people homeless in three days.

Do not make people homeless. Shame on the Green Party.

It is the Government that runs it.

Hear, hear.

What is shameful is the Government's decision.

The headlines in our national newspapers six years ago, at the start of January 2017, read, "I'm not crazy - I will end homeless families living in hostels". That was from the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, at that time, when we had the scandal of 7,000 people homeless breaking new records. He told us he would end families living in hostels in six months. Today, we have 11,754 people homeless, many of them in hostels, bed and breakfasts and hotels. More than 1,000 additional childre…

If we are to measure the success of this Government on the issue of homelessness, we need to deal with it in truth and reality. Let us deal with the fact the Government does not want to talk about, that is, the fact it is taking a decision that in three days' time - in just a handful of hours - people are facing the eviction notice they have received being activated. I listened to some of the Minister's Government colleagues debating on national radio, including one with my colleague, Deputy Gould, who said he did …

-----but I will tell them something, in every single one of those families that face an eviction notice------

-----there is no laughter or jokes in their household. They are riddled with anxiety and concern and begging and pleading that the vote that takes place later tonight to extend the eviction ban is one that sees sense.