{"id":349,"date":"2017-11-15T19:41:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T19:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/taoiseachs-normalisation-of-homelessness-crisis-amounts-to-propaganda\/"},"modified":"2017-11-15T19:41:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T19:41:57","slug":"taoiseachs-normalisation-of-homelessness-crisis-amounts-to-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/taoiseachs-normalisation-of-homelessness-crisis-amounts-to-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach\u2019s normalisation of homelessness crisis amounts to propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taoiseach\u2019s forcible defence of his comments that \u2018things are not that bad\u2019 while more than 3,000 children face into a Christmas in emergency accommodation means we are no longer dealing with reality but with propaganda, Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy TD said <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tonight<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a D\u00e1il debate on a private members\u2019 bill, Deputy Murphy said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe basic fact of it is that no child should be homeless and it\u2019s not acceptable for us to consider that any child would be homeless. I don\u2019t want children to be labelled as homeless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe normalisation of homelessness, making comparisons to other countries, trying to minimise the extent of the crisis that we have is a backdrop to the debate <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tonight<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the minute we accept family hubs as a replacement for example to homes, the minute we accept child homelessness, then we start dealing with it differently and I have major concerns from that point of view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we have a Taoiseach who forcibly defended his comments that \u2018things are not that bad\u2019 while over 3,000 children face into a Christmas in emergency accommodation \u2013 a point that is then supported by the Chair of the National Housing Agency \u2013 then we must recognise that we are no longer dealing with reality \u2013 we are dealing with propaganda here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat propaganda is really having a very detrimental impact on people who are suffering at this particular time \u2013 children are worrying about things that children shouldn\u2019t have to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">15 November 2017<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taoiseach\u2019s forcible defence of his comments that \u2018things are not that bad\u2019 while more than 3,000 children face into a Christmas in emergency accommodation means we are no longer dealing with reality but with propaganda, Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy TD said tonight. 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