Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have another quick question on this. Do the witnesses believe that we should protect people in the here and now? We should protect the facades and roof structures of our old buildings so that the streetscape does not change but modernise the back of these buildings so that we can house the people who need housing in these areas. We could bring old buildings in line with the fire regulations very simply. We need to view this as a housing and homelessness crisis. We have the infrastructure in the towns to deal with it; we have the buildings but we are not allowed to touch them. Is that something they would support? Is this something that should be put to the Cabinet? Should we look for Government support for this, given that we have a homelessness and a housing crisis?