Ms Oonagh Buckley:

That is correct. We had a number of reasons for that, but one of the principal reasons is that direct provision is not just a bed for the night. A lot of services, a lot of food and a lot of other issues have to be provided. We are very pleased that somebody was willing to offer us accommodation. We would much prefer if people offered us accommodation that we could rent under the HAP system and if we could move our nearest 1,000 people with permission to remain into that accommodation. If that gentleman were willing to rent us his accommodation on a HAP basis, we would be very happy to try to see whether we could accommodate some of the people with permission to remain in the State who need housing. We would be very keen to get them out of their current accommodation. If we could move those 1,000 people into the wider community, we would then be in a position to stop our use of so much emergency accommodation.