Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

All of us are working towards trying to keep people in their homes. Threshold and other agencies have a tenancy sustainment protocol which provides that, irrespective of a person's circumstances, he or she cannot be evicted at the whim of a landlord or as a result of a rent increase. As the Deputy will be aware, the recent package of rent measures we introduced brings an element of stability which will help to protect many of the tenants to whom he refers.

I would not dismiss the housing assistance payment scheme as quickly as the Deputy did.

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