The number of homeless people in Ireland is "unacceptable", according to Labour Housing spokesperson Jan O'Sullivan.

Ms O'Sullivan made the statement ahead of the homeless seminar in the European Parliament on Tuesday, 21 March.

She said: "We need to finally deal with the issue of supply- so far the Government has made many announcements with little delivery. As Mike Allen from Focus Ireland is due to highlight in Brussels, we need to pull back from our reliance on private developers to build housing.

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"I have long been calling on the Government to act with the sense of urgency that this crisis requires. For example, we are still waiting on the Department of Housing to carry out the audit of all empty homes that it promised last July, which with an estimated 13 per cent of housing stock lying empty, seems like an obvious step to take."

(CD/LM)