Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I support Deputy Mitchell's remark. A presentation was given two weeks ago in Buswells. One of the requests related to families in emergency accommodation for the summer months. I came up with a suggestion which the witnesses might bring back to their steering group. More than 10,000 OPW sites across the country are owned by the Department of Finance. Why can we not give visitor cards to those families? They are educational, practical, embedded in our community and they could be free. Families could use them and it would be a day out. They are everywhere and we do not need to look for specific approval of it. It could be covered by the Department putting a card in place. That can happen at the Department's request.