Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is so much for us to cover in such a short period. I felt some sympathy for Ms Hayes as she tried to deal with all her recommendations. I have no doubt we will try to tease all of them out in our questioning. I will go straight to that. There has been a decrease in the number of people sleeping rough, from 139 to 94. Every person makes a difference. In respect of recommendation three, there seems to be an increase, beyond what was expected, in the number of Housing First tenancies created. Will Ms Hayes talk to us about the process relating to where the reduction in rough sleeping has occurred? How has it occurred? How has the creation of Housing First tenancies been successful in increasing the number to 414, to date?