Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To clarify, underoccupancy or over-occupancy is entirely voluntary. In our local authority, it is for a person who chooses to downsize. There is nothing compulsory about this. It is not about forcing people out of their homes and into smaller homes. People are choosing to do that. There should be an option somewhere that if people wish to move to a smaller property, then that option should be there for them.