Mr. David Kelly:

It is important to note that responsibility for the service has moved back to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive which from 1 October took back responsibility from Focus Ireland for the out-of-hours service. The arrangements that had been in place with Focus Ireland may now be different. The Dublin Region Homeless Executive does not refer families to Garda stations unless there is a doubt in verifying their identities. That is our information. It does not as a matter of course refer families to Garda stations.