Tipperary TD introduces Bill to declare homelessness an emergency

As the number of those without a home increases, Deputy Seamus Healy feels action must be taken to fight the problem.

Currently there are over eleven thousand people registered as homeless in Ireland.

Deputy Healy says banks and vulture funds are driving the housing crisis through evictions and repossessions

He feels his bill would give the Oireachtas the power to legislate to protect people from such evictions.