Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

However, I am a strong supporter of the kind of support being provided by Tiglin. The situation with regard to rough sleepers cannot be resolved just by providing an emergency bed for one night at a time. There must be some continuity of care, as Tiglin has proven.

Has Tiglin reached a point where it cannot cope with the number of inquiries it receives? Has it assessed and quantified the need into the future? To what degree can Tiglin send on those clients who do not need ongoing treatment or residential care to the local authorities or approved housing bodies? How does Tiglin manage those clients who can survive, albeit with supervision? I also wish to ask about the manner in which Tiglin makes contact with its clients.

I would argue that Tiglin is uniquely suited to dealing with a specific niche in the market, not the whole housing requirement, that local authorities cannot deal with and have been incapable of dealing with simply because they are not geared towards doing it. I extend my appreciation to the centre for what it does because that is a crucial part of the market which needs to be dealt with and cannot be dealt with by groups other than people like those in Tiglin who specialise in that area.