Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not going to commit to individual amendments to legislation on the floor of the House. The Deputy will have the opportunity to make the case and the Minister is more than capable of responding comprehensively to it.

We are putting more resources into emergency accommodation and housing assistance payments because there is a temporary crisis to which we need to respond in a compassionate way to ensure that families and individuals are as comfortable as they can be in emergency accommodation, that we upgrade that emergency accommodation but, at the same time, accept that it is not a long-term solution.

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