Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the additional information. Responsibility for all of these affairs rests with the Peter McVerry Trust, the failures of its board and its previous chief executive, Pat Doyle. We will deal with responsibility and accountability when the reports from the two regulators are published. There is also a wider policy context. For years, homeless services have been funded through a deficit funding model in which they are not provided with 100% funding for the services they provide. In fact, an issue at the heart of the Peter McVerry Trust is a significant level of underbidding for services, well below the 90% that often is standard in the sector. In addition, the fact the Government requires competitive tendering, it could be argued, incentivises this process of underbidding. As part of the wider review into the funding of homeless services, will the Government give a commitment that it will examine these issues and whether they played any role in the events that transpired? Will it give a commitment to examine reforming these areas for 100% full cost recovery for homeless service providers to ensure the security of services into the future?

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