Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is why there is prioritisation in the tenant in situ scheme that has been announced by the Minister for housing with approximately €325 million allocated, which is a substantial sum. There should be prioritisation because the original idea of this was to prevent people from falling into homelessness. Additional to that, of course, there is significant investment under way in the Housing First programme, which is one of the more effective ways, working with the approved housing bodies involved and with the various organisations for the homeless, to look after people who are homeless or on the brink of homelessness. It is important because we have had a debate in the House about value for money, looking at schemes, reviewing them and whether we are targeting properly. There has been huge debate about that. We should have that too in terms of a scheme and see whether we are actually directing the money to where it is needed most. That is the focus of this particular scheme and why priorities are being identified.

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