Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy is probably aware, under the RAS scheme, it is the responsibility of the councils to keep people housed, even if a RAS tenancy has been terminated. That appears to contradict what the Deputy stated, so we might discuss further the details of the case. We want to keep people in their homes and certainly, as the Deputy is well aware, under RAS is up to the local authorities to ensure people continue to be housed in RAS tenancies. Furthermore, where people are on HAP, we want to ensure that if they get a termination notice, they are kept in their homes. The tenant in situscheme is there for that purpose. I might talk to the Deputy after this debate about the specific details of the case. They do not correspond with national policy.

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