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

St. Michael's is currently part of one proposal related to two other sites. I had the opportunity to visit it the other day. It was not for the first time but the first time in an official capacity. I met some community leaders. The Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, was there to guide me. It is a fantastic opportunity to build homes and regenerate the community. People would be very happy to live there. There are a couple of different proposals kicking around at the moment, including in regard to a new football stadium. We are examining everything. I hope very shortly to be able to talk a bit more about what we might be able to achieve on the site. I am having a meeting on this next week with some key stakeholders. I still have to meet a community group that I have not yet had a chance to meet. I am open to achieving something unique on the site that we have not achieved before. I should leave it at that because I do not want to put the cart before the horse.

In terms of Garda station referrals, in certain instances people will have to go to the local Garda station in regard to checking particular things regarding identity. That will happen in the normal course of events in respect of a small number of cases. We have seen some stories in the newspapers recently about people having to stay the night in Garda stations. All the full facts about those cases have not been established as to how that came about. There is a contingency in place - operated by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive - to ensure that when people present, they can be accommodated. We are looking ahead to the summer to make sure there are additional contingencies in place because we can expect additional demand on some of our emergency accommodation services. That is not because of it being the summer months and different events happening but because of an increase in tourism in those months. I have just been informed that a contingency facility was opened last night for a number of families and we have-----