Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Obviously the big need to fill is that we do not have enough units, and that gives us no wriggle room to be able to deal with necessary issues as regards transfers and so forth. The witness spoke about dealing with specific cohorts and so forth where the AHBs may have needed additional resources. An awful lot of people blame local authorities and say they have not delivered for them because somebody ends up living beside a difficult neighbour, to put it nicely. However, the fact is the local authorities cannot access the resources. They do not have a set of rules which they can determine with regard to estate management and the like. The AHBs can to a greater degree and even, not that I am calling for this, go down the road of eviction where it is necessary. If the local authorities do so, those people will stay on their books, for want of a better term. Does Ms Donaghy think there is a need for any change? My view is that there is a lack of resources to deal with the huge issues we have. It can create real difficulties and people can be unfortunate with who is living beside them.