Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Yes, to follow on from Deputy Hourigan's contribution on the provision of homeless services, in particular by private providers, the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage recently completed a policy investigation of the area. It would be useful for members to examine that in advance of the meeting we intend to have. The investigation underlined a number of commitments and analysed what is happening from a policy perspective.

On Deputy Dillon's point, it is not about whether projects are more or less important. There are other committees which can advocate for the importance of projects. I do not disagree with the Deputy. The potential for public spending issues is our role and that is why I am inviting MetroLink in at this point. The fact there is potential for there to be errors in the way this is managed is where we need to focus.