Arthur Spring (Kerry North-West Limerick, Labour)
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There is a gap between being deemed unsustainable and being problematic. That is where we are finding people heading towards homelessness, and we are being told the State is not in a position to look after them. There is a gap that needs to be filled and it is something the committee could relay back to the Department of Justice and Equality, and to the Department with responsibility for housing.

There are 100,000 people on the housing list and one will not be able to give these people a house. Rent allowance is ultimately where one is trying to get them to, but one needs to be on the housing list to get that to begin with.