Homeless Crisis Archives - Social Democrats

15 November 2017

Taoiseach’s normalisation of homelessness crisis amounts to propaganda

The Taoiseach’s forcible defence of his comments that ‘things are not that bad’ 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. Speaking during a Dáil debate on a private members’ bill, Deputy […]

Only four staff in key housing delivery unit – Social Democrats call for new State agency to boost house supply

A new State agency needs to be set up to oversee the faster delivery of thousands of new homes, the Social Democrats said today. The call comes as information obtained by the party’s co-leader Catherine Murphy TD shows that only four staff are working in the Housing Delivery Office set up last August in the […]

New figures expose Government’s abysmal record in tackling housing and homeless

The government’s abysmal record in tackling the housing and homeless crisis is exposed once more today with new figures showing that households are spending almost a fifth of their budgets on housing, Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy said this morning. Deputy Murphy was commenting on CSO statistics showing that the proportion of household expenditure on […]