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

It is good to meet Dr. O'Carroll. I thank him for the report. It is a comprehensive piece of work and will be useful to this committee and, I hope, the Government and the DRHE in the time ahead. Rather than make a statement, I want to tease out a little bit more the most immediate actions Dr. O'Carroll feels are necessary for the Government to try to ensure a reduction in the number of deaths people experience in homelessness. I am conscious some of the reporting on this issue has given the impression homelessness is the cause of death when it seems to be that overlapping of addiction, mental ill health and a greater risk of early mortality that arises from homelessness. If this committee was of a mind to write to the Minister on foot of this meeting and recommend two or three absolute priority actions that need to happen immediately to see that mortality trend reduce, what would Dr. O'Carroll ask us to really focus on to get the best bang for our buck in terms of our influence with the Minister?