Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will come back to some of these matters in the next round. In the meantime, I have another question. The Department is introducing the concept of future intentions. While social housing support is ultimately long term, there is currently no way of assessing, when somebody applies for social housing, what their long-term intentions are. In some senses, people's long-term intentions will in part be determined by whether they get permanent or long-term secure housing. Where is this proposal coming from? How will the proposal on the future intentions of a person, as they appear from all the circumstances, apply? Will it apply to all new applicants for social housing? Will it be applied retrospectively? Could someone have their social housing entitlement removed retrospectively because they are no longer perceived to have long-term future intentions?