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

I refer to the comments made by Deputy Brendan Ryan. One aspect to consider is that people who are in the homelessness system are users of public services, whether social welfare services, homelessness services or something else. They have an experience which is relevant to some of the recommendations we are making in the sense that they might be saying their experience has identified problems which somebody providing or funding the service might not have noticed. As such, there is a practical benefit, beyond the need to give them a voice, in looking at their experience too. That is worth considering.