
The Taoiseach has said that the homeless crisis would be worse if an opposition party like Sinn Fein were in government.
Almost 10,000 people were living in emergency accommodation last month according to the latest figures.
The government says a lack of supply of housing is still the driving factor in the homelessness crisis.
Leo Varadkar and Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty clashed over the issue in an Oireachtas Committee meeting today: