Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On Deputy Coppinger's suggestion about bringing in people who are homeless or in transition, who will make that decision?

Who is going to pick those people? I would be very interested to know who will decide. How do we limit the number of people? How do we ask them, get their names and decide on who will come in and who will not? This would be very difficult to do. I suggest we spend an hour or two hours visiting somewhere people are actually living, such as one of the hostels, instead of bringing them in here. If the meetings are to be in public session, it will be very difficult for some homeless people to put themselves in a situation where their contributions are to be broadcast live around the country. Some people might not like that at all. Not all members would have to visit. A group of us could visit one of the hostels or hotels.