Mark Wall (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for attending and, as been said by other committee members, for the work they all do. It is important to many people when we look at the numbers that were announced recently. I have two specific questions. The last time Ms Hayes was before the committee we spoke about people from Dublin moving to my good county in Kildare and there was an issue regarding them qualifying for the tenant in situ scheme. Has that improved? Is it now happening? The Minister confirmed to the committee at our previous meeting that it would happen and will happen so could Ms Hayes comment because it is a huge issue for a lot of people, particularly for those who come from Dublin? They are very welcome to come to County Kildare at all times but unfortunately a good few of them find themselves in homeless situations. They have come to me and to other public representatives and were told by the local authority that the scheme was not up and running at that stage. Will Ms Hayes confirm whether it is up and running now?

The second question is more specific to Threshold. I came across a couple of incidents lately relating to caravan parks where people have been given notices to quit. The recognition of that notice to quit seems to be lost somewhere, whether it is correct or not, but people are finding it difficult to negotiate with their local authority that they have actually received a correct notice to quit. Is there legislation to cover notices to quit from caravan parks? Are people who are presenting to Threshold experiencing this problem? Is there a solution for those people who have contacted me in the past couple of weeks?