Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I put this question to the city manager yesterday. He has a duty to report to his members. The Deputy will know that the local councillors have the opportunity to address the situation by means of the property tax rate which they set and, if they wish to decline it, that is their right because they are elected representatives. We will focus on the question of the Dublin problem and the peripheral Dublin problem next week at a meeting I have called specifically for that purpose. After last Christmas there was a homeless problem, with people sleeping rough and in hostels. A great deal of effort and money was expended and then it ended. Now I hear that it is growing again.

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