Sixty children have been made homeless in the last few weeks.
According to new figures released by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive the number of children sleeping in hotels, hostels and other emergency accommodation in Dublin has increased from 680 in October to 741 in November.
These figures come just days after the Government unveiled plans to build 35-thousand new social-housing units.
However, Catherine Maher, Director of Services at Focus Ireland, says far more needs to be done:
