[emailpetition id=”1″] Over 1200 children are homeless in Dublin, more people are going to be evicted and the situation is only going to get worse unless drastic measures are tak... Read more
This week we learned of a family sleeping rough with 3 children as the placement unit simply could not accommodate them. These are real people, not just numbers on a list, who are suffering... Read more
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I have met with the groups representing lone parents and along with many charitable organisations they are in agreement that this restructuring of lone parent payment will result in a loss f... Read more
In Ireland in 2015, not one child should be homeless – yet one homeless group is working with 87% more homeless children than last year. Another organisation tells me that 70-plus chil... Read more
QUESTION NO: 16 DÁIL QUESTION addressed to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Dr. James Reilly) by Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan for ORAL ANSWER on 27/05/2015 To ask the Minister... Read more
Maureen O’Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) I wish to discuss the issue of children. We have had appalling examples of mistreatment of children in the past. We had the Magdalen la... Read more
There had been a 62 per cent increase in the number of children in homeless services in the Dublin region since June, Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan told the Dáil. She warned that decades... Read more
Last month saw the largest ever monthly increase in the number of families living in emergency accommodation in Dublin. I put this to the Taoiseach. The Government must first accept this is... Read more
