No homes for 2,470 of our children - UN report shames our country

HOW many times does the Government have to be reminded that the number of homeless children in Ireland is a crisis that must be tackled with the utmost urgency?

It isn’t as if the powers-that-be have not had constant reminders.

In February 2016 the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child told our Government it was “deeply concerned at reports of families affected by homelessness facing significant delays in accessing social housing and frequently living in inappropriate, temporary or emergency accommodation”. Just last month the annual report of the special rapporteur on child protection concentrated on emergency accommodation, stating that “policies need to be more effective in responding to real needs in Ireland”.