Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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I take that point but let us be clear that I am correct. There will be 4,400 households on the list at the end of this plan whereas, according to Mr. Curran, there are currently approximately 3,000 households on it.

That is a grim scenario. I do not blame Mr. Curran, but it is just not good enough. We have a flipping disaster in Dún Laoghaire. The suffering it is causing to people is beyond what is acceptable. We have a plan that is going to leave us in a worse position in four years than we are in now. I feel like pulling my hair out when I hear it. This must be called what it is, and this is what the figures are telling us. Let us be clear what we are talking about. I understand the difficulties involved and that this is more than we have done before, but it is a fact that we are going to be in a worse position in four years than we are now. That is going to be the case, unless someone is going to tell me I am missing something in the context of these figures.