Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I hear that, but I bring it back to the area I represent in order that I can understand it. Of course, the Housing Agency has to look at the problem nationally, but it also has to learn from what is happening. Let us use Galway as an example. No social house was built and the only game in town is the HAP scheme. That was a policy decision made in the Department. As my colleague said, people are being told that their only option is to find a place to rent and what costs the HAP scheme will cover, but the amount of the payment is useless in Galway. One cannot find a two-bedroom, or even a one-bedroom, apartment to rent which is within the range of the payment. That is a fact. Has the Housing Agency looked at it?