The head of advocacy at homeless charity Focus Ireland has called on the Minister for Housing to look at the right to a home provision in the Constitution. Data from the Department of Housing published on Tuesday show there were 10,305 people homeless, including 3,821 children, in the week between March 25th and March 31st. This compares with 9,681 homeless, including 3,646 children in March 2018. These are men, women and children.”He called on the Government to outline an exact plan to deal with the homeless situation. He needs to look at what’s in the Constitution.”Minister of State at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Damien English said the Government will consider “all options” to cope with the homeless crisis including an examination of the Constitution.

Source: The Irish Times May 01, 2019 06:56 UTC