Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make one small point. For those Deputies who represent rural constituencies and, in particular, those in the Dublin commuter belt, the flip side of that is the lack of provision of emergency accommodation in other areas. As a result of this, people are forced into the parts of Dublin with larger volumes of emergency accommodation. One recent change is that the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive has adopted a policy of turning those people away and sending them back to from where they came. That has resulted in an increase in rough sleeping and vulnerability. This is not just a Dublin issue. Senator Fitzpatrick's point is absolutely right; it has implications for counties as far away as Mayo, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Carlow. All of those issues can be fitted into the mix.