A series of demonstrations are to take place to address the housing crisis throughout Dublin on Saturday, 21 October.

The public is being urged to show their support after it was revealed 4,000 adults and 2,300 children are currently living in emergency accommodation.

Sinn Féin TD Dessie Ellis said: "Capital spending on social housing remains less than half what it was in 2008.

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"Sinn Féin is demanding rent certainty, security of tenure and most of all calling for the government to be more ambitious and invest more than €150m additional in 2017 to increase supply of social housing.

"Sinn Féin has shown that this can be done. In our Alternative Budget, we proposed an increase capital funding to local authorities in 2017 by €315 million.

"In total, we would deliver more than 8,000 real social housing units - twice what the government is proposing.

"It is time for a radically different approach to the housing crisis. It is time for real action."

(CD/LM)