Fianna Fáil has expressed serious concerns over the homeless crisis in Dublin.

Environment Spokesperson Barry Cowen is to raise the issue with Minister Alan Kelly today, following the death of a homeless man on Molesworth Street yesterday, 1 December.

Mr Cowen said: "I want to express my sympathy on the passing of a homeless man this morning outside Leinster House. Dying on the streets is not a dignified and proper way for anyone to pass away. Happening in the shadow of the national parliament it is a sharp reminder of the scale of the problem we face as a country. As TDs, Senators and staff walked into work this morning they were faced with a very real example of just how bad the problem has become in Dublin and in other cities across Ireland.

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"The sad discovery on the doorstep of the national parliament should be a wakeup call to all of us who work here in Leinster House about the pressing need to take action on homelessness."

(CD/IT)