Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I will return to the HAP, the lack of information on it and the fact that the rent pressure zones are causing massive homelessness. I believe this will be a bigger problem for the local authorities that do not qualify. The Minister is telling us there is funding available yet I know of houses for sale within the price but the local authority tells me it does not have the funding. Is there just special funding for homelessness? The Minister needs to clarify this. Is he saying the funding is just for homelessness? Are houses being bought from it? Is it helping to put people up in bed and breakfast accommodation or to put them in a hub or whatever? The information being given to me is not correct most of the time because when I return to my local authority and tell the members what the Minister tells me they say "No". I am not giving out about my local authority. It is a great local authority.