Mr. Robert Burns:

Our homeless counters are open and our services are available but of course we work through the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive so the overall system provides extra assurance. As regards our staffing, we have been provided an additional 11 full-time staff members under Housing for All for our social housing programme. All but two of those posts are filled and we are coming close to the end of the recruitment process for two national positions. An additional six staff members have been sanctioned for affordable housing delivery. We are awaiting for that to go through the approval stages in the Department and hope to get news of that shortly.