Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am fully aware of that and that the Department has enough on its plate and certainly does not need any more burdens. It also has many other issues to look into. I am familiar with the position in Galway, where there is a major housing crisis. I cannot see people in direct provision who receive refugee status getting out of direct provision any time soon. I raise a practical one and ask the Secretary General to check what the position is for me. Are people who find themselves in the circumstances I described in a double bind? If they find a house, they will receive the housing assistance payment but if they cannot get a house, they cannot get a housing assistance payment. Is it the case that in such circumstances, the person is unable to access entitlements? Can Mr. Waters revert to me on that issue?