Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am aware that there are more houses in the pipeline for next year, working with Carlow County Council. One of the areas I addressed with the Minister recently when I brought him to Carlow is the modular builds we have, which are new modern homes. This is important because we need to build as many homes as possible. That is happening. We need to build homes quicker. I know the Minister is very much aware of this and very much on board with building houses as quick as we can. It is important that we continue our good progress in Carlow and that we continue the building we are doing for the next few years because we want to get everyone off the housing list.

The only thing I need to ask the Minister for now is a permanent homelessness officer in Carlow because we are seeing homeless people coming in. In fairness, we are working with Carlow County Council on that but we need a permanent one. I am asking the Minister for a commitment on that. All the council staff in Carlow are doing their best. I know they are understaffed and I am looking for more staff.

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