Commenting on April’s homeless figures, Labour Party Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan said it was a "scandal".
"While homeless figures for April announced today show a very slight decrease they are still alarmingly high but the most concerning aspect is This is a scandal," she pointed out.
“These children are in truly precarious situations, along with their families in many cases with nowhere to play, far from their friends and school and filled with an anxiety about the future that no child should have to endure."
She added: "This brings more urgency to the need to implement the kind of measures I presented on behalf of the Labour Party to the Dáil today to prevent families from losing their homes and also to see the Government progress our Housing (Homeless Families) Bill which would ensure the needs of children whose families are homeless are addressed.
“As we shine a light on the wrongs done to children in the past, we must find real solutions to the plight of the children of the present whose lives are blighted by being homeless.”

The April homeless figures are out. They show that there has been an increase in the number of children who are homeless. @JanOSullivanTD has described this as a scandal. https://t.co/4GUrmAzjMg pic.twitter.com/pscccQncfv

— The Labour Party (@labour) May 30, 2018

.@labour launching a bill to link rent to inflation, make the whole country a rent pressure zone and ensure deposits don't exceed one month's rent. @rtenews pic.twitter.com/gIuhm0SYCb

— Martina Fitzgerald (@MartinaFitzg) May 30, 2018