Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Committee on Housing and Homelessness
Novas Initiatives
10:30 am
Dr. Una Burns:
There may well be but I am not aware of them. There is a risk that families may not know we exist or may not have presented to us having been denied an uplift. They may subsequently present as homeless instead of as a prevention case. It makes sense if one can get the HAP uplifted to keep them in their homes rather than put them into emergency accommodation.