A protest took place at Dáil Éireann today (March 4th) to demand immediate action on the rapidly worsening social housing and homelessness crisis. The protest had been called by People Before Profit TD, Richard Boyd Barrett and People Before Profit candidate for Europe Cllr. Brid Smith, who have repeatedly raised the issue of housing in the Dáil and Dublin City Council respectively over the last three years and who believe current government housing policy is directly generating a housing and homelessness emergency.