Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

With this investment, we will have an enormous increase in the number of houses being made available. Deputy Coppinger referred to the Threshold protocol, which was established by my Department in the middle of June. I am sure she is aware that the protocol has worked very well. Where families have been approached by landlords in regard to a threatened increase in the rent, through the combined offices of my Department, Threshold and other housing associations we have been ensuring those families can stay in their homes and, more importantly, we are dealing with families on a case-by-case basis. I want to send a message in this regard.

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