Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)

If it is a voluntary exit, they go into homeless emergency accommodation or they end up going into their parents' box room. That is homelessness by another name. I would like the RTB to collect more data because the data it is collecting is really good. When it comes to making Government policy, the more accurate and up-to-date the data, the better.

I would also like to see a major ramping up of the Residential Tenancies Board. I believe local authority housing should come under its remit.

There are local authorities treating their tenants in a disgraceful way, leaving them in mouldy, damp houses with leaks in the roof and freezing cold windows. There are areas where the council will not carry out the work until the tenant leaves or dies. It will then retrofit the house but the person living next door is living in freezing cold because the Government will not provide the funding to retrofit enough houses. Is the RTB in favour of taking over supervision of local authorities so that their tenants have the same rights as private tenants?