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THE IRISH GOVERNMENT needs to ‘put people first’ in its Budget for 2014, and avoid forcing more households into homelessness, Focus Ireland has said.
In its pre-Budget 2014 submission, it said that there has been a rise of over 23 per cent in the number of people seeking Focus Ireland’s support since 2010.
Last year, more than 8,000 people turned to the charity for help.
Budget solutions
Focus Ireland is now calling on the Government to invest €400 million to help deliver 3,000 homes and boost the economy by creating up to 3,200 jobs in construction and supply.
It said that seven new people are becoming homeless in Dublin every day, while the number of families becoming homeless in the capital has doubled from 8 to 16.
In addition, it says that it is becoming harder for people to move out of homelessness due to severe unemployment, funding cuts to services and a growing shortage of affordable housing.
It pointed out that there are currently over 100,00 households on the social housing waiting list.
According to Focus Ireland, it is vital that Budget 2014:
kick starts a process of reform which will implement policies and deliver services to prevent people from losing their homes and help others to escape from homelessness.
It also calls for no further cuts to homeless services in the coming Budget.
Actions
The report outlines a number of specific actions for the government to take in Budget 2014, including:
The proposals will be presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance tomorrow at 11.30am.
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Has she not already shown us she’s not up to the job with her performance in Europe that she never got re-elected for?
@Adrian™: Lol, talk about desperate clutching at straws. 0/10, must try harder.
@Adrian™: in comparison to those who brought in the IMF and got reelected?
@Adrian™: is she an Israel hater as that must be in the sinn fein
Gospel. Rule 44.
@Adrian™: As opposed to which MEP who excelled? And you do realise that if you can name one exemplar, that as soon as you do soneone will pipe up to the contrary? Without any facts, all we have here is another opinion-presented-as-fact. Not that there’s anything wrong with opinions. But it’s not clear what your rationale is, is all.
@Brian Madden: In fairness, very few of those survived in Dublin
@Fergal O’ Reilly: Mairead McGuinness
@Victor Feldman: I don’t know if anyone really likes Israel.
@Brian Madden: did Mr Ahern and Mr Cowen get re-elected? Unless you’re on about Eamonn Ryan then yes
@Victor Feldman: You do know that the current government (FF, FG, Greens) recently condemned Israel’s actions against the Palestinians?
@Adrian™: sinn fein voters will elect anyone. As shown by last general election. She’ll walk it lol.
@Adrian™: Her record as an MEP was excellent. She has been a very productive Senator. Just because she didn’t get reelected as an MEP it does not make her a bad politician.
@#FreeEverything: Thanks Eoin for your unbiased tripe.
@Victor Feldman: Whats wrong with disputing the aggression of Israel. The country of Israel has now become the regime that once sought to exterminate the existence of the Jewish race.
@Adrian™: bertie didn’t bring in the imf.
@Victor Feldman: How could anyone with any sense of decency or a shred of human empathy not oppose the creeping genocide being conducted by Israel?
This election is about one thing only – the failure of the government and its three parties, to do anything about housing.
@Victor Feldman: yawn yawn zzzzz
But she lives in Clondalkin?
Hardly Dublin Bay South.
@tom pepper: Sure aul Francie lived in the Georgian village while representing Clondalkin.
@tom pepper: Most of the candidates don’t live there, because you don’t have to.
@tom pepper: She lived in Kerry as well her and Martin Ferris daughter are best buddies
@Brian Shea: Oh, so she’d be on familiar terms with certain cop-exterminators so.
@tom pepper: Tell that to Conroy, lives in clonskeagh and got elected in Kimmage/Rathmines. Hasn’t been seen since.
@tom pepper: Do you know anything about politics in Ireland? You don’t have to live in a constituency to run in it. Now on the other hand putting yourself out to be living in the constituency whilst you’re clearly not would be bad, a la Geoghegan.
@Brian Shea: Martin’s a good taxi man alright.
I’m not a SF supporter but she’s a great choice. I met her on a few occasions when I was running for the Greens in Kerry (spit, I wouldn’t EVER support them again), she’s articulate, intelligent and motivated with a very nice personality.
I wish her all the best and even though I’m not a shinner I’d definitely give her my No 1 if she was in my constituency.
Best of Luck Lynn, Ireland needs conscientious and intelligent politicians whatever Party they represent!
@David Grey: you certainly sound like a Shinner !
@Maria McGrath: states in his first sentence he is not.
@Brian Burns: yes but he has all the bull of one
@Brian Burns: not like a shinner wouldn’t be dishonest lol…
@Tom Ripley: it’s still better than being Tom Ripley
Walk in the park for Boylan and Sinn Féin, she’ll join Chris Andrews in DBS.
@Rebecca BarrettNp:FG will win it. They ran 2 candidate there in 2020 and between the 2 has a far higher 1st prefence count than 1 single SF party members. It’s more than likely in a by-election with each party only running 1 candidate Fg will take it
@Rebecca BarrettNp: Can’t see that happening. I would expect that constituency to remain consistent in which candidate type is elected. There’s a difference between opposed to FG and not understanding the dynamics and motivations of voters in a constituency.
@David A. Murray: Chris Andrews of Sinn Féin got elected in DBS last year.
@Rebecca BarrettNp: Did he win a seat in a General Election, as opposed to having to place first to win a seat in a by-election. My chances of placing in the first few positions in the Olympics 100 meters mens race are better than my winning it (as an example).
@Rebecca BarrettNp: Christy Andrews since he jumped ship from FF
Two hopes, Bob Hope and No Hope!
@Henry Wolverson: hopefully
Lynn will be great for housing,
Refugees.
This girl is going to walk it
@Nomad: she needs to give a cast iron guarantee to the people of Dublin Bay South that she will stay there for the next general election and not go back to Dublin South West.
She’s already been nominated and a convention will be held after the event to endorse her. Would be very embarrassing if they didn’t but then again the old Soviet style rubber stamp works wonders.
Army Council taking a big plunge.
Sitting governments seldom win by elections, but only idi8ts havent seen thru the nonsense of SF.
@Bain triail aisti: yawwwn is that the best youve got…. it’s really getting tired.
@Bain triail aisti: As opposed to the xxxx that haven’t seen through FF FG?
Make or break candidate for the Shinners. If the self proclaimed largest party on the island can’t claim a seat in a key constituency in the capital with the government having had to introduce untold hardship measures since it formed, then they’ll need to have a serious look at their paralysis in opposition.
@GrumpyAulFella: They already have a seat in that constituency. There is no hope of them claiming a 2nd. In the last General FG 2 candidates took the majority of the 1st preference votes between them. With only 1 candidate running in the by election FG will walk this
@Roy Dowling: yes they should win it, it’s a wealthy middle class constituency but if SF have any ambitions of genuinely becoming a real force in politics in the South then constituencies like this one is where they will need to make further ground.
It’s the safest FG seat in the country. That won’t change any time soon.
It’s a pity Mannix Flynn won’t get the same media coverage as failed career politicians. Gerard has being a DCC councillor since 2009. An accomplished author and playwright. A survivor of sexual and physical abuse at St Joseph’s Industrial School in Letterfrack at the age of eleven. Someone with real life skills and true dub grit behind his held convection and beliefs.
I wish him luck against the financial clough of the main parties.
@leartius: Mannix Flynn gets tonnes of media coverage
@leartius: As you say it’s the Safest FG seat in the country, and Mr Eoghan Murphy was the holder of that seat, What were his outstanding achievements in that area?
@leartius: failed career politicians???
How many GEneral Elections did Mannix Flynn run in and fail to get elected?
2011, 2016 & 2020 that’s 3 and a failed career politician in anyone’s eyes.
He’s protested against
Street buskers
Cycle lanes
A homeless shelter
A failed regressive politician
All aboard for the Bisto by-election!
New blood…. keep running the same folk and complaining about everyone else doing it at the same time.
The new household property tax will certainly be a problem for FFG in this election. When you consider it was F.F./ Greens who when last in government facilated in the economic destruction of this country. The introduction of the household tax and austerity measures by F.G. / so called Labour to repay for the mess by the former. Now the three same parties are in power and they tell you it’s only fair everyone should pay .Sweet Jesus. Enda Kenny stated It is morally wrong to tax households. That was before he road off into the sunset with his pensions and a job reflecting rail travel which they closed.
Not a hope.
Transfers will tell a lot on this one – will FF and Green voters give their 2/3rd preference to FG or will they stray over to SF – it’ll be hard to win it for her but to say she has no hope isn’t totally accurate one would think
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Sure why not go for it, it is not like I have resigned from the Senate
Social Democrat in South Dublin. Respect.
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