Ms Mary Hayes:

The issue is the gap between people coming in and going out. Last November, for example, 85 families came in and 50 families exited to a tenancy. A total of 194 single people came in and 50 exited to tenancies. That would be about the ratio. In Dublin specifically, approximately two more family households come in every month than exit to a tenancy, and between three and four more single people come in than exit to a tenancy. While the number of presentations has dropped, albeit by only a minuscule amount, or 2%, and while there was an increase in exits over the previous year, there is still a massive gap between the number of people exiting and the number of presentations.