Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The whole purpose is not to massage the figures. The HAP, as designed, meets the housing need of the person. That is how it has been established and that is how we define it. Could we have longer-term leases for people in HAP? I think we could. Again, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, and I have been discussing the protections that could be brought into the private rental sector and some targeted interventions that may be able to be made. We are beginning those discussions at the moment to see what we can do.