![]() I was looking at the nationwide trolley count this morning. That has raised concerns for the public, although it is welcome that there will be an increased number of ICU beds, which have gone from 300 to 350. I recall that, last year, it was announced in the second-last week of September and it was a winter plan for October to March, yet this winter plan was only announced a week ago. I ask that the Minister for Health be called in as a matter of urgency regarding the winter plan he announced a week ago. When the State is committing €20 billion and State-owned lands are being used and being provided to deliver public housing, it is wrong for any politician of any party or none to oppose the provision of housing, to object to it, to lake legal cases against it or to block it. This hypocrisy is morally bankrupt at a time many of our citizens desperately need housing. This week, we saw Dublin City Council finally, after more than 30 years, approve a plan for 850 public homes and social and affordable homes on State-owned land, and it was opposed by Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats and Labour. ![]() Today, I would like to ask every Member, and in particular those in opposition, to put politics aside and to do the right thing, not just by people who are homeless, but people who are at risk of homelessness and people who desperately want to own their own home. That is why the Government has made the unprecedented €20 billion commitment to invest in the provision of housing for our people. Far too many children are being born into homelessness. Anybody who has heard that ad has to have been touched. In that ad, a little girl talks about how she is living in a hotel and her little brother cannot stop crying because he wants to go home. Some 90,000 of those homes will be social homes and almost 60,000 of them affordable homes, using State-owned land to reduce the cost of provision of housing.įocus Ireland has a radio ad that Members may have heard. It commits to greater targets in Housing First and €20 billion in a State-led provision of 300,000 homes. ![]() Housing for All, the Government's action plan, commits to eliminating homelessness by 2030. There are more than 8,000 people homeless today in Ireland and more than 2,300 of them are under 18 years of age. I also want to raise the issue of housing and homelessness. ![]() Over the next 16 days, it would be appropriate if this House could facilitate a debate with the Minister for Justice on efforts to eliminate violence against women. It marks the start of 16 days of activism, which Senator Sharon Keogan referenced earlier this week. ![]() Today is UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We ask the acting Leader to write to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and our MEPs in Europe to emphasise again to them the desire of this House and all the citizens of Ireland for the EU to take a strong role in providing safe routes to security for those who desperately need them. It was a really tragic event and all our thoughts are with the individuals. I would like to express condolences and sympathies on behalf of the Fianna Fáil group to the families and individuals who lost their lives in the English Channel. Appearing before an Oireachtas Committee. ![]()
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