Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I would like to spend a little more time on defining it so it is not open to interpretation. What one person might consider "inadequate housing" might be considered by someone else in the same circumstances as very adequate to his or her needs.

Subsection (2) of the Deputy's Bill amends section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. The new subsection (12) includes the phrase "each local housing authority in Ireland may provide or secure ..." That still leaves it to the discretion of the housing authority if it wants to provide those services.