Ms Mary Hayes:

The matter came up at the national homeless action committee meeting yesterday and some very good points were made, particularly around how the care leaver CAS can be built on and brought along. Those steering committees function very well, certainly in Dublin. They bring together all of the key players and there is, at least, that planning elements going in. Some of the suggestions that came up yesterday were excellent including some input from the voluntary agencies around how that could be built upon in the new youth homelessness strategy.