"The motion itself was what everyone saw it for, a stunt before the by-elections. It wasn't serious it, it was unfortunately a waste of Dáil time".
Housing Minister @MurphyEoghan reacts to his narrow survival of tonight's no-confidence motion. #TonightVMTV pic.twitter.com/KS2gUf5hGw
— The Tonight Show (@TonightVMTV) December 3, 2019
Tonight.
Earlier…
Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy in the Dáil chamber tonight
Murphy wins 56-53
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) December 3, 2019
Denis Naughten also provided a crucial vote – he, Lowry and Grealish all backed the Government to give it 56 votes. Opposition had full attendance (minus Thomas Pringle) to get to 53. Government scrapes on
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) December 3, 2019
Earlier:
“This motion, one way or another, is not going to house one person or take one person off the homeless list” – Fianna Fáil’s @DarraghOBrienTD https://t.co/yStDd5GuWR pic.twitter.com/zl0d5CsmDA
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) December 3, 2019
Shameful @martinheydonfg of @FineGael saying opposition are being advised by spin doctors to focus on housing/ homelessness.
Anyone who knocked on doors during the #byelections2019 knows people are genuinely hurting because of housing concerns. #NoConfidence #MurphyOut pic.twitter.com/8NCjzCxsjZ
— Mick Caul (@caulmick) December 3, 2019
Tonight.
The Soc Dem motion of no confidence in Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy is debated.
Earlier…
Figures for the number of people living in emergency accommodation in the final week of October 2019; video link to Dáil Éireann tonight
This evening.
The Department of Housing has released the latest homeless figures which show there were 10,514 people (6,688 adults and 3,826 children) living in emergency accommodation in the final week of October.
This is yet another record high.
In November 2018, the figure was 9,968; in December 2018, 9,753; in January 2019, 9,987; in February 2019, 10,264; in March 2019, 10,305; in April 2019, 10,378; in May 2019, 10,253; in June 2019, 10,172; in July 2019, 10,275; in August 2019, 10,338; in September 2019, 10,397.
The release of the figures comes hours ahead of the Social Democrats’ motion of no confidence in the Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy this evening which gets under way at 8pm.
A debate and vote on the motion can be watched live in the link above.
Earlier: “The Plan, It Seems, Is Not Adequate To The Challenge”