Homeless children ‘are treated like second-class citizens’

Homeless children being forced to live out of hotels are being treated like “second-class citizens”, it was claimed yesterday, as the Government, in principle, accepted opposition recommendations on the housing crisis.

Fianna Fáil also managed to pass a separate bill in the Dail yesterday removing powers from the justice minister on deciding who gets parole.

The two Fianna Fáil measures in both Houses were accepted by the Government and are another sign of how business in the Oireachtas has changed since the election.