Sir, – Before the last general election, would-be TD’s begged us to come out and vote for them, promising all sorts of reform. Now those who were elected do not bother to come in and take their seats and take part in debates. Meanwhile the ordinary people of Ireland, who go to work daily if they have a job, have to pay for the heating of the Dáil chamber.
Some yards away from this well-heated and comfortable place a man has died on the cold street. As a symbol of solidarity with the electorate and especially with the homeless, let the heating be turned off in the Dáil and in all offices and bars in Leinster House and let it not close for Christmas and no TD go home until there are sufficient emergency beds for every homeless person in Ireland. – Yours, etc, LYDIA GILLEN Skerries, Co Dublin.