Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

While I do not think there are any mala fides in this regard, I do not accept that there is ongoing proactive planning to address the housing crisis. A great deal of money is going to approved housing bodies. As far as I can see, no money is going to the city council in Galway. Mr. McCarthy can clarify this for me. I said earlier that the housing assistance payment is the only game in town. Am I correct when I say that a single adult in Galway, and presumably in other parts of the country, is given a housing assistance payment of €575, with a discretion of 20%?