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

Again, the idea of being in HAP means you are within the social housing provision and the prospects of homelessness are higher there, so the idea is to target the resources there. I will talk to the Minister in respect of that case and come back to the Deputy.

In response to Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, in fairness, "a lot done, more to do" is correct. There needs to be more focus on what the Deputy described as dysfunctional families and the multidisciplinary teams I spoke about earlier in the north-east inner city. Those are very effective ways and I would like to see DEIS Plus look at that. We are doing the idea of multidisciplinary teams in special schools. When we roll out DEIS Plus, I would like to see it applied there as well. We would get significant outcomes.

In response to Deputy Conway-Walsh, I will talk to the Minister in respect of Mikey Henry. The Deputy spoke to me last week about that case. As I said to her last week, I think a second opinion should be facilitated and if it is necessary to go to the States or elsewhere - I think there was another case-----

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