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

I have two quick questions for Mr. Kenny. Why is the DRHE choosing to use a private company for the inspections rather than an independent body such as HIQA? Will those inspections be of all emergency accommodation, public and private?

I completely agree with Professor O'Sullivan's comments on deaths of people experiencing homelessness. The concern of many of us is that there is a small cohort of people who live at the intersection of homelessness, mental ill health and addiction. The numbers of those people who have died in the last year is twice what it was the previous year, based on the data we have. Is that a concern and what do we need to do to address that?