Ms Aisling O'Hara:

Reflecting on what Mr. Stanley said about urgency, I can give a live case example. Last week, I had a total emergency case of a young girl in her leaving certificate year who experienced homelessness because she had absolutely nowhere to go. We were able to support her to provide a solution but I have received an increasing number of referrals as young people find themselves having to sleep in their cars or sleep out as they have absolutely nowhere to go. At the moment the beds in Galway Simon are full and we do not have emergency accommodation for young people specifically. As the committee members will all know, there are no emergency beds nationally. Increasingly, we are seeing young people having absolutely nowhere to go. Galway Simon was in the very lucky position of being able to support the girl I mentioned but had we not had a bed for her then I do not know what type of solution we could have looked at.