Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister of State comment on the position of large families? I am dealing with a family of ten who are being accommodated in a hotel. Their housing needs are not being met because the local authority cannot deal with them.

This is a complicated case as there is a mother, a father and ten children. If they secure private rented accommodation which is what is being sought because they are not deemed to be homeless, will that mean that with the measures the Minister of State is including they will be scrutinised more and that they will have to be considered in a proper fashion by the approved housing bodies?