The Housing Minister says the Government will do all in its power to get homeless people off the streets by Christmas.
A forum on the crisis is taking place today at the Department of the Environment involving representatives of voluntary groups and local authorities.
The meeting has been called in the wake of the death of homeless man Jonathan Corrie near Leinster House on Molesworth Street in Dublin earlier this week.
Minister Paudie Coffey says he hopes measures can be achieved at the forum to provide accommodation as soon as possible:Housing Minister Paudie Coffey on Forum on Homelessness:
