A new poll shows that almost 80% of Irish people believe the government is spending too little on addressing homelessness, and 45% would pay more taxes to help fix the problem. It found that across the eight countries, 76% of the 5,600 respondents believed governments were spending too little on homelessness, but the Irish percentage was above that at 79%. The attitude of Irish respondents to the level of government spending on homelessness was in contrast to the 51% of Irish people who said the government was spending too little on welfare - below the eight-country average of 62%. Just 3% of Irish respondents said they believed homelessness was down to an individual choice. Overall, Irish respondents had the highest level of good knowledge about the number of homeless people in the country (21%).

Source: Evening echo November 30, 2018 16:07 UTC