Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that. I also appreciate that Dublin City Council and all of the other local authorities have that challenge in dealing with the Departments of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Public Expenditure and Reform and Finance. I appreciate the due diligence, cost-benefit analysis and all of the feasibility studies that have to be done. They are all really important steps in the process but they are taking too long. Sr. Stanislaus launched a Focus Ireland report earlier. That report notes record levels of homelessness. Sr. Stanislaus made the point that what is missing is a collective sense of urgency. She said to us, the politicians, that we need to work collectively but she also said that all of the arms of the State need to work with greater urgency. I very much appreciate Mr. O'Reilly being here today but when he engages with those Departments, I ask that he push them because we are pushing them too.