Mr. Mike Allen:

Absolutely, but the Deputy needs to take into account that the previous round of Housing First services was tendered out on the basis that the lowest bid got to deliver the service. In Dublin, there was a large gap between the amount of money that the State had made available for delivering Housing First services and the amount of money that was paid to the contractor who was delivering the service. Therefore, if the service is finding itself unable to provide the resources to deliver the service quality - I do not know if this is the case but the Deputy seems to be saying that - then the Deputy needs to look closely at whether it is appropriate to put out social services to the most vulnerable people in our society on the basis that they be given to people who would provide them on the cheapest basis.