Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. The two Ministers of State and I discussed this yesterday at length on foot of Deputy McAuliffe's question, and I have engaged also with the Minister for Justice in respect of the new national strategy and what we can do to help in that regard. Moreover, the Minister for Social Protection has made changes on the social welfare side.

To respond to Deputy O'Callaghan, the HAP issue is certainly something we can reiterate. What I find, having dealt with individual cases, is that there is a case officer and cases are usually processed quickly when it is understood what the situation is where someone needs to access another property.

Turning to Deputy Ó Broin, we have carried out the scoping exercise on the social housing passport and it is a commitment in the programme for Government. There are genuine administrative issues, given it would involve tracking the movement of people across the board, so it is understood it is not easy. Nevertheless, in regard to this extremely vulnerable cohort, it is something that, following our meeting yesterday, we are going to look at again to see whether we can do this without having other consequences or setting a precedent across the board. We will look at it and I thank Deputy McAuliffe for his question.

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