Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The protocol has been recognised by the local authorities, Threshold and the families who have engaged with it as successful in maintaining people in homes, which is always extremely important.

On the other question, the Deputy is correct that the intention of the Government is that we transfer 8,000 to the HAP by the end of 2015, but, as he well knows, that does not cover the full term of the Government. We also have a very ambitious programme to build homes. It is far better to spend the money on building new homes rather than transferring funds to landlords. It was announced in the budget that €2.2 billion would be spent in the next three years on the social housing programme, which is extremely important, of which €800 million will be spent in 2015.

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