Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is a fair point. It is just that when a budget is allocated to an approved housing body, it would have to come through a specific Department. I agree that it would have to be through some agency that manages to ring-fence the funding so there would not be pull from other areas.

Mr. Mfaco's statement was very moving. He has highlighted a contradiction in that people are coming from countries in which there are human rights abuses and we are replacing those abuses with our own, domestic set of difficulties where we are not vindicating human rights. It is a profound contradiction that we need to resolve domestically. I acknowledge that. One issue that was raised last week is important. Perhaps some of the witnesses can give feedback on this. I refer to the right to work and the constitutional precedent that has been set by the Supreme Court. Has there been any improvement or feedback in terms of people being able to work? Will the witnesses give us any update on how things have changed since that judgment? Is it still a difficult threshold to meet?