Chris Andrews (Dublin Bay South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Hayes for her presentation. It is good to see her again.

Dormitory-style emergency accommodation is a big issue and one that is raised with me regularly. The Mendicity Institution conducted a survey recently. I should declare an interest here as I worked with the institution for about four years. The aforementioned survey showed that nearly 90% of people staying in emergency accommodation experienced crime. What is being done to move away from dormitory-style accommodation? I spoke to an individual last week who told me that he slept in an emergency dormitory and when he woke in the morning, the person in the bed next to him was injecting heroin. He is trying to get himself straight but is surrounded by drug use. This style of accommodation is really distressing and makes it very difficult for people to get clean. What is being done to ensure that dormitory-style accommodation is phased out because it just does not work?