Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will touch on a point with regard to one-bed accommodation. A number of the witnesses made a point about older people who are living in two-, three- or four-bedroom houses. Every one of us knows people like that. We need more of a roll-out of that type of one-bed accommodation. We have some very successful ones in Cork and probably in other areas, but we need more of them. Are councils looking at upping the delivery of that?

I am my party's spokesman on addiction, recovery and well-being. We are dealing with people in recovery who are trying to come out of homelessness. They are looking for accommodation where they will not be around triggers or be made relapse into addiction. Are the witnesses looking at delivering that kind of housing more local authorities?