Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

There has been a great deal of investment in respect of the homeless. A homelessness strategy has been set down and we hope to be able to implement it in a progressive manner on the basis of both the resources available and the priority we can accord to it.

On the Deputy's first point, we set out our position on the basis of the same assumptions used by Fine Gael to set out its position. The people made their decision and we will now deal with the situation as it stands.

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