Homeless crisis blamed on rent allowance cuts

The Government has come under renewed fire for not doing enough to ease the homelessness crisis, with opposition parties blaming cuts to the rent allowance.

Fianna Fáil’s Éamon Ó Cuív warned the Dáil the situation was getting worse.

“The Simon Community has said it has never been as bad in Dublin and that the number of homeless families is at the highest level in our history,” said Mr Ó Cuív .