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

Earlier the officials discussed the point of contact. I have been dealing with Cork City Council especially in the last few weeks since the decision not to extend ban on evictions. Cork City Council would be like every other local authority; the officials are doing their very best under a really trying conditions. They are trying to source properties everywhere. What is needed is to have a point of contact in each local authority and that point of contact would have a point of contact in the Department so that no one needs to wait on resources relating to staffing issues, funding issues or whatever. Will there be a point of contact in the Department? Is there one today if someone in the local authority needed help and picked up the phone? If I were to contact the local authority, has every local authority now identified a point of contact for representatives?