Clodagh has been waiting 25 years for a safe, permanent home, and her situation is urgent. Please donate to help her find the stability she deserves. Even a small contribution or share can make a big difference in her journey to a secure home. https://t.co/yireKqP3yO
Why are migrants allowed to sue the Irish Government, yet Irish PWD are suffering at the hands of County Councils waiting 25 years to be housed?? An extract from a letter I posed to MCC this week outlining several laws broken, but will they help me? Yes/No?
25 years waiting
12 weeks without electricity or basic amenities
A Lady with disabilities
“You are not a priority!”
I am important!
Please help me get housed: https://t.co/w0eR7oMwPc
@DeptHousingIRL Do you know I am 25 years waiting on social housing? Do you know I am a lady with disabilities, who is being told “you are not a priority” by @meathcoco? Do you know I’m currently 12 weeks without electricity or basic needs? Do you think this is ok?
I am still waiting for @meathcoco to acknowledge:
- I am 25 years waiting on social housing
- I have disabilities which mean I should be prioritised on housing lists
- I’m currently without electricity and basic necessities for 12 WEEKS!
They STILL have not replied!!
This is madness
The Republic of Ireland with a population of approximately 5.4 million (nobody knows for sure these days) has one government-funded Non-Government Organisation for every 149 people in the country.
There are in excess of 34,000 government-funded NGOs in the country
@caulmick I am 25 years on Meath County Councils housing list. I applied in 2001. MCC are refusing to house me. I’m in a homeless hap without electricity for 12 weeks now & the Council don’t care. I have disabilities and my health is deteriorating.
The little girl (then 5, now 8) cannot sleep. She cannot talk. She blinks to communicate. She got to use her voice for all of 3 or 4 years of her life before it was stolen. She cannot articulate a single word of her trauma and therefore heal, at least psychologically. Perhaps he stalks her in her dreams. She is trapped in her own mind. No way to share her worries, memories, dreams or thoughts of any kind. Her tears must be silent too. Her laughter as well. If indeed she laughs any more. She has to be sedated at times.
If all this isn't enough for you to say "enough" then I am afraid you are both inhuman and inhumane. She is just a little child. This was done to her because of the government and because of a grown man's minor grievance. A man who never should have been here. A man who still requires an interpreter after 26 years. A man who was reported to have seemed "cheerful" and "jocular" when it was put to him that what he did was gravely serious. He has shown no remorse. The victims and family are subjected to a trial. Not that the child can ever give testimony. 40 mins deprived of oxygen to the brain will produce that effect. Will silence your voice. Potentially forever.
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Social Protection, Louise O’Reilly TD, opens the motion calling for an emergency cost of disability payment to be implemented immediately.
@GillSherratt23 wrote that at Government's "disability summit", journalists got to ask questions of the Ministers but the people with disabilities, the carers and the advocats did not get the same opportunity.
#CostofDisability
https://t.co/UXXdaBI6tS
Thank you so much for sharing. I just cannot believe what’s going on at all, I don’t understand the cruelty shown towards me. The stress is having a devastating impact on my health and well-being.
“That is real homes, real apartments, and real 3-bed houses being handed over to people who arrive here, often with no valid ID, no legitimate claim to asylum. Meanwhile our own citizens, Irish families, are left begging for accommodation," she said.
https://t.co/gknZ9qxN2O
@griptmedia And No houses for Irish People @rodericogorman@OCallaghanJim@fiannafailparty@FineGael how the hell was this guy let loose with the purse strings to flatter his own ego, stand Up for God's sake & represent the Irish People & Ireland. This guy doesn't care about Ireland.