Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We have all dealt with landlords and tenants who experience difficulty getting through to the local authority. If people feel they cannot raise the funds, they might put their head in the sand about it but if they know they can fill out a form and transfer their right to bid to the local authority, it gives them another go at being able to stay in their home as a local authority tenant or a cost-rental tenant. If the officials could take that away with them, I would really appreciate it. I thank Ms Comer and Mr. Smyth for their attendance today. The committee will put together its pre-legislative scrutiny report on the basis of this meeting, our engagement with witnesses last Tuesday and a number of written submissions that we received. Hopefully we will be in a position to submit it to the Department before Christmas.