Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I met with Mr. Cooney also and my Department is part of it. My understanding is the committee is to report next month.

I agree that this is probably one of the most urgent issues that I must deal with as Minister. The Deputy can rest assured that since I came into the Department, I have put a great deal of time, effort and emphasis on the need to move forward with viable proposals to deal with all of these issues.

Looking at the statistics, a large number of the clients of MABS are in rented accommodation. These are not all mortgage holders.

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