Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

From a legislative point of view, that is very thin. In practice, these will be oil and water. I cannot see how that can be delivered. A new category of accommodation is being created. It speaks to the whole issue of planning. We have no idea where these will be or how many of them there will be. We do not even have an example, not to mind the list that is supposed to be designated off the back of this legislation. That goes to other Departments and Ministers but as a whole-of-government approach, it does not seem a coherent plan and I have concerns about how it will work, particularly after 90 days when people are put out of the centres or even if they decide to leave because the money they get would be better. That will have an impact on the rental market, which is already severely overheated, not only in cities but in rural areas, which carry much of the weight in terms of accommodation at the moment. In many of those places, people who leave and are on higher money than they would be in the centres will be competing for places to rent. That will produce huge challenges in many communities.