Does the Taoiseach ever take a walk around this city and see people living in tents outside the Garden of Remembrance or sleeping in tents outside shopping centres or just around the corner from the House, on Nassau Street, where one practically has to step over human beings huddled in sleeping bags? How does he think their Christmas will be? Does he think they will have a happy Christmas? They will have a miserable, cold and lonely Christmas and they will be filled with nothing but utter despair. Fr. Peter McVerry has said again that the Government's Rebuilding Ireland policy is an utter failure, with child homelessness at its highest rate ever. Everybody knows this and we also know that local authorities need to be funded to build council houses. We have told the Taoiseach that over and over again. I ask him not to give his usual spiel or have his Minister regurgitate inaccurate figures again. We are talking about human beings, families and children. Will the Taoiseach and the Government accept that their Rebuilding Ireland policy has been an utter and absolutely dismal failure?

I thank the Deputy for her questions. I have been out with outreach teams and I have been to family hubs. I know that Christmas can be a very special time for many people but for others it can obviously be incredibly difficult. Those most vulnerable this Christmas will be families who are homeless and in hotels or family hubs and the people who are sleeping rough on our streets. That is why we have made our commitments under Rebuilding Ireland. This year, an additional 200 permanent beds will become available to help people to move from rough sleeping into our emergency accommodation services and then into sustainable accommodation. In addition, 130 temporary beds will be put in place should there be more demand than expected due to a severe weather event or some other development. Next year, we will spend more money on housing in a single year than any previous Government has ever spent. This will deliver 10,000 new homes into the stock of social housing to help the people who are most vulnerable. That is what Rebuilding Ireland is about - real homes for real families who need our help.