Grace O'Sullivan (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Supply is the main problem, but two weeks ago, Dr. Mary Murphy and Dr. Rory Hearne presented their report on investing in the right to a home, housing, the HAP scheme and hubs. I wish to discuss hubs with the Minister. My view is that hubs are not homes, they are an interim solution, but the point that Dr. Murphy made that is that we should not see hubs becoming a long-term solution because of the lack of housing. What is the timeframe for the families who are in hubs in terms of exiting the hubs? My real concern is that we will have people stuck in hubs. Even hubs are being spoken about in terms of the five star, the four star or the three star hub as if hubs were the solution. They are not. In my view they are an interim solution. I would like to know the timeframe for the exit point. If a family goes into a hub, can we say that a family will stay a maximum term of three months and then they are moved out into some kind of social housing, that people do not get stuck in hubs and hubs become a solution as opposed to an interim fix?