Mr. Joe Donohue:

We often refer to the carrot and stick approach. With the regeneration of Fatima Mansions, the incentive was for people to move into new houses. Mr. Peter Dorman referred to the recent Donegan case. There is an air that people are untouchable and that there is no sanction for bad behaviour. In the new Act, there must be some sanction. No one wants to see people and families evicted but the simple reality is that six or seven families cause trouble on an intergenerational basis in our community.

There is a need for new and innovative ideas in response, otherwise they are destroying entire communities. There is a responsibility on the homeless. It is easy to find somebody a house but suddenly he or she disappears. I do not think there is enough follow-up. There are cases in our community where people have been placed in the service and, perhaps because of lack of resources, disappear and the cycle returns. There is a need for intensive intervention.