Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills
Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I totally agree with the Deputy. If one is going to judge a situation, one needs a standard to judge it against to determine who qualifies. It is important that we have a definition of "at risk" of homelessness. I do not know if this is it because I have not had time to see is there something in it. I would like to ask about a couple of the definitions. Do we have a definition for "inadequate housing"? Do we have a definition for "unfit housing"? Do we have a definition of what "extreme overcrowding" is? I worry that we are trying to define something by introducing other criteria. Are those terms defined in the Housing Act?
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