Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for clarifying that point in relation to the designated person. He will probably share my view that State-owned accommodation is where we have to go. Obviously, in an emergency situation or when something is unfolding, one has to respond in real time. There are such situations. If we are all being honest with ourselves, there are a lot of people making significant amounts of money from this and there will always be a question mark. I would say that about anything to do with care. I would like to see a situation, for example, in the foster care system, where we only have State-owned facilities or else foster families, but we are not looking at the private sector. Those two things should not be together. It is the same in relation to this. I am aware there have been some moves, but is there is any other information that the Minister can give us on how exactly he sees that rolling out or how he sees us acquiring more State-led and State-run accommodation?

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