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	The first 31 emergency beds are to be made available today to help get homeless people off the streets of Dublin.</p>
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	Last week the Government promised 200 beds would be provided before Christmas, so no one has to sleep rough unless they want to.</p>
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	The new accommodation will be provided in Dublin&#39;s south inner city, in a building supplied by Focus Ireland and staffed by the Fr Peter McVerry Trust.</p>
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	The funding is to be agreed at a Cabinet sub-committee meeting this afternoon, which is also expected to sign off on dozens of extra beds around the city over the coming weeks.</p>
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	Father Peter McVerry has welcomed the Government&#39;s help, but says they have yet to provide a permanent solution to the crisis.</p>
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	Fr McVerry said: &quot;There is a commitment to over 200 beds, I do believe those will happen.</p>
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	&quot;However, providing an emergency bed is not the answer to homelessness.</p>
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	&quot;People are being evicted from the private rented sector at a huge rate and going into homelessness. Unless we address that problem, we&#39;re going to need another 200 emergency beds in January and maybe another 200 in February.&quot;</p>
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	<a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/mcverry-homelessness-crisis-needs-more-than-emergency-beds-653750.html">http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/mcverry-homelessness-crisis-needs-more-than-emergency-beds-653750.html</a></p>
