Homelessness and agenda timing
Deputy Boyd Barrett warned that family homelessness was rising sharply again and cited evictions in Limerick. The Taoiseach said emergency accommodation pressures also reflected inward migration, while Deputy Mac Lochlainn challenged whether time for statements would be provided and the Taoiseach replied that Sinn Féin had not used its Private Members' slots for the issue.
It is all getting worse, though.
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No, there are actually other factors, which are quite significant in terms of emergency accommodation we have to provide, which has nothing to do with Ukraine but in terms of normal inward traffic to the country. That is a factor as well.
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To clarify, a Cheann Comhairle, is the Government agreed to making time available for statements?
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No, I simply said that the Deputy would have been involved himself in preparing the agenda.
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Come on now. The Taoiseach knows how this works. The Government decides what is on the schedule.
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Sinn Féin has two Private Members' Business slots this week and, for some reason, it did not decide to raise the issues relating to fishermen or farmers.
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On a point of clarification, I do not like the mood music coming from the Taoiseach's lips. It is the dead man's waltz.