Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Other members will come along from the Chamber. I wish to raise a couple of issues. Over the years the CAS programme was very successful in delivering services but right now it is almost stopped. The service providers have ceased to use CAS. Why is that the case? What inconsistencies do the witnesses find between the Departments and the local authorities? If either one of the service providers were to identify a property today in a location, how difficult would it be - it was mentioned that there would be a need to secure a bridging loan first without a guarantee of CAS actually going through all the hoops - and how much time would it take to for the witnesses' organisations draw down CAS? What challenges are faced when drawing down this pot of money that is within the Department and that is going back into the Exchequer because it is unspent year after year even though there is a huge housing need?