Mr. Conor Skehan:

Deputy Barry is correct. A housing list is a normal means of allocating social housing. It is a system that is like a conveyer belt. People come on to and move off it. As a society, we would like people to be on it for as little time as possible and for as few people as possible to be on it. That is a normal way of allocating resources. The Deputy is absolutely correct. None of us should be proud of the fact that we have people in emergency accommodation in this country. It is called emergency accommodation for a reason. It means that aspect of the system is not working. I would not like for a second for anyone to record, understand or believe that I think that is in any way normal or acceptable. All of us must try to increase our endeavours to make sure that this particular category is removed as quickly as possible. There is not a hair's breadth of difference between the Deputy and me on that.