Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 November 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I say this to Mr. McKeon as well, there is no doubt that all of the evidence points to the fact that since the State stopped building social and affordable houses more and more people with a social housing need are having their need met through the private rental sector. That, in itself, creates fierce competition in the private rental sector, which has played a very significant part in increasing rents in Dublin and elsewhere. Nobody could argue that is not the case because it is the reality. Could Mr. McKeon respond to my questions as well? Has he read the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform report I am talking about?

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