Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Committee on Housing and Homelessness

Department of Social Protection

10:30 am

Ms Helen Faughnan:

I will have to raise the issue with my colleagues to confirm the position. As I understand it, however, the local authorities are doing their best to operate the HAP scheme as best they can. Over-accommodation, as the Deputy describes it, is always a risk. Whether the accommodation consists of two or three bedrooms-----