{"id":1433,"date":"2021-02-03T14:25:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T14:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ocallaghan-calls-for-dail-record-to-be-corrected-following-misleading-comments-from-minister-for-housing\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T14:25:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T14:25:28","slug":"ocallaghan-calls-for-dail-record-to-be-corrected-following-misleading-comments-from-minister-for-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/ocallaghan-calls-for-dail-record-to-be-corrected-following-misleading-comments-from-minister-for-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"O\u2019Callaghan calls for D\u00e1il record to be corrected following misleading comments from Minister for Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan has called on the Minister for Housing to correct the D\u00e1il record following misleading statements in relation to standards in homeless hostels.<\/p>\n<p>Cian O\u2019Callaghan, who is the party\u2019s spokesperson for Housing, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the D\u00e1il last Thursday, the Minister for Housing stated that the National Quality Standards Framework applies to all providers of emergency accommodation for homeless people \u2013 including private providers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, on Friday, Brendan Kenny of Dublin City Council confirmed at the Oireachtas Housing Committee that these standards are not in fact being applied to private for-profit providers of emergency accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister must come before the D\u00e1il and correct the record, and the Government must act swiftly to ensure that the National Standards applies to all providers of homeless accommodation, including private providers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last few years, there has been a huge growth in the use of for-profit private providers of emergency accommodation \u2013 many with very poor conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the recent RT\u00c9 Investigates programme on homelessness, Natalie, who was interviewed for the programme, said she felt safer sleeping in a tent than in emergency accommodation. 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