Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left) | Oireachtas source

I support this amendment because we do not know the impact of HAP on housing provision and whether landlords will enter the scheme. We do not know how the inspection within eight months by an environmental officer will tally out. It is important to check the scheme. The Minister of State says it is a short-term initiative to give people a home, but so were RAS and rent allowance. They were not permanent or long-term and very few of them provided the type of housing that was needed.

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