Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Does the number of houses becoming available, under Part V, correspond proportionately with the number of houses that are built on a yearly basis in the private sector? Are the officials certain that the houses are coming on-stream in the way expected?

I have noticed in recent weeks an increasing number of people who have received notice from landlords as to the termination of their tenancy. They find themselves between the original rock and a hard place of having to move on at some stage. I know that there is legislation to put an end to immediate homelessness.

There is an increasing number of people there. I am inquiring as to whether the council might be in a position to provide sufficient emergency accommodation for those people as they arrive, given the numbers that are now presenting?