{"id":7377,"date":"2024-09-22T13:41:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T12:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=7377"},"modified":"2024-09-22T13:41:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T12:41:38","slug":"taoiseach-must-clarify-misinformation-on-homelessness-being-linked-to-international-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/taoiseach-must-clarify-misinformation-on-homelessness-being-linked-to-international-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach must clarify misinformation on homelessness being linked to International Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>It appears to be government policy to scapegoat international protection applicants for their own failures and capitulate to anti-immigrant protestors rather than stand up for truth and justice<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Taoiseach must clarify comments he made to the Sunday Times in which he incorrectly claimed that homeless numbers are impacted by people coming to this country seeking international protection, according to Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an interview with the Sunday Times, the Taoiseach said \u201chomelessness numbers are heavily impacted by the fact we are seeing many people seek protection in our country\u201d. This is categorically untrue \u2013 which the Taoiseach must know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Taoiseach is entitled to his opinions, but he is not entitled to his own facts. The fact is that those seeking international protection are not counted in the monthly homeless numbers. It is only those living in emergency accommodation who are counted in those figures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot have a situation in which the leader of the country is engaging in misinformation and stoking further division in an effort to deflect blame from his own government\u2019s handling of the housing disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason we have record numbers of people experiencing homelessness has nothing to do with vulnerable people seeking international protection. It is because of this government\u2019s abject failure to address the housing crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now have a situation in which it appears to be government\u2019s policy to scapegoat international protection applicants for their own failures and capitulate to anti-immigrant protestors rather than stand up for truth and justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has abandoned plans to introduce hate speech legislation, despite a hugely concerning increase in levels of overt racist rhetoric in our society, and now the Taoiseach is inferring international protection applicants are the cause of record homeless numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs politicians, we have a duty to behave responsibly, protect vulnerable people and not kowtow to bullies. The government is failing in that duty and the ramifications for vulnerable people, many of whom are already living in fear, could be very serious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Taoiseach should now clarify his comments and correct the record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>22 September, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears to be government policy to scapegoat international protection applicants for their own failures and capitulate to anti-immigrant protestors rather than stand up for truth and justice The Taoiseach must clarify comments he made to the Sunday Times in which he incorrectly claimed that homeless numbers are impacted by people coming to this country [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,528,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gary-gannon","category-immigration","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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