Ms Marguerite Ryan:

On the place finder service, as clarified by Ms Holohan, the circular issued in January made it available in all 31 local authorities. To date, we have had confirmed expressions of interest and starts in 14 local authorities. We continue to engage with several additional local authorities. There are two elements to the place finder service and homeless HAP scheme, one of which is the resourcing of a staff member to assist in the on-the-ground place finding, while the other is access to deposits and advance rental payments to secure additional properties under the homeless HAP service. The Dublin Region Homeless Executive, DRHE, acts on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities. We have been meeting it regularly, even as recently as last week. It is a question of drilling further into the reach of the place finder service, ensuring the local authorities, where it has a responsibility, have access and that we widen the scope and resources available to make sure a place finder is available in each of the local authorities and that there is a contact point in each of them. There is no difficulty in resourcing or the administration of the place finder service.