John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is not a long period of time that they are lying there. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien made an announcement last month about local authority tenants being able to take in refugees or asylum seekers. Has there been communication with the local authorities on that initiative? I have heard concerns from some local authorities that they had not been given any guidelines or directives.

It has been said to me it has had implications and some tenants were in the process of downsizing from a three-bed to a one- or two-bed before that process was stopped on foot of this announcement from the Minister. What communication has taken place between the Minister and local authorities?