Homelessness executive criticises charities/services over tents and on street food

The homeless campaigner being Peter McVerry himself whose trust provides a large amount of homeless accommodation. Kinda contradictory.

Most of these on street food services appeared in the wake of Apollo House creating the illusion people were starving to death without them, there's always been food services provided in bro Lukes , MQI , crosscare community cafes , Penny Dinners , Mendicity etc.

Oh I didn’t mean that anyone use PMVT as an example of anything, I was just making the point that the OP doesn’t appear to have considered the possibility that people who are homeless don’t want to use homeless services and would rather take the risk of perishing outside in the freezing cold.

I personally don’t see people providing charity to people who are homeless as a bad thing, but I can understand why the organisations which provide the services might see it as a bad thing, or the council might see homeless people living out in the open as a bad thing.

With all the money generated by businesses in that industry every year you could buy houses and apartments for all the true street sleeping homeless and solve the problem in one go

but then the industry ceases to exist

And your suggestion is ?

Is this allowed because the food is free or what? I don't think any food truck or stand can just set up anywhere in the cities, I always thought a permit was needed and health and food safety were checked.

Would be sorted in the morning if city councils demanded permits and FSAI approval and registration or whatever they do with inspection of food providers. I don't see what the issue is apart from a reluctance to do this. Maybe there is no requirement for this, which would explain why DRHE (under the aegis of DCC) have commented. I agree fully with all their comments, but who should bite the bullet here?

At the very least in the interim such activities should be moved off the main thoroughfares. That's right, away from high trafficked areas for a start. It looks bloody awful, and there are plenty of Government supports and donations for charities providing food from their premises.

You really don't get what "addicted" means, do you?

While I agree that yes there's a whole industry that has grown up around this issue, and there's any amount of duplication of services and waste of resources as a result, it's not as simple as you make out.

I'd be very tempted to.

I'd definitely tell them to get better value when clothes shopping.

That's lovely.

Off you go and tell that to the good citizens of the back lanes and the tenement flats around inner city Dublin for starters, and see how you get on.

Unfortunately the quality of parenting offered in many homes is so poor that this is not within reach of a substantial number.

If we want to fix homelessness, we need to start compulsorily contraception for those who lack the basic physical and emotional resources to raise a child. And this will never happen.

If you set up a table anywhere in Dublin giving out free breakfast rolls or chicken fillet rolls people will que up and wait patiently ,it's exactly whats happening with all of these new amateur homeless soup kitchens , people are queing up for dinners for 2 to several people to feed a family not because they are hungry and facing starvation ,it's because they can and they face no questions as to Why they are there