Ms Noelle Woods:

I will answer the question just a little bit more broadly, for clarity purposes. Outside of Dublin, the Peter McVerry Trust delivers supports under the housing first programme in an additional ten counties in the midlands, the mid-east and the north east. In Laois, we have leased a combination of properties that are owned by the Peter McVerry Trust. We also have a number of properties that are provided by the local authority in which housing first supports are delivered directly.

Regarding the nomination process or the assessment process into the programme, the majority of individuals referred into the housing first programme come directly through the local authority. A small number of individuals may come from other areas, such as the Probation Service, but the majority come directly through the local authority.