Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail)
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With how many local authorities does Focus Ireland work? Every time the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government appears before the joint committee, I speak about the housing assistance payment and the system but I do not believe he is listening. Have the witnesses met the Minister to discuss their reports? What has been the Minister's feedback with regard to the system and the possibility of introducing an additional appeals mechanism as a temporary measure? We have a housing crisis which I hope will be resolved in the next year or two. I have asked the Minister to introduce some form of appeals mechanism. Have the witnesses discussed the matter with the Minister?