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

To go by the Deputy's figures, it is now April and I find it difficult to comprehend how €20 million has already been allocated in three months. There is a need to bottom this out more and for ongoing engagement between the officials in the Department of housing and those in Cork City Council. The refinement of the tenant in situ scheme was to make sure funding would be allocated for people in immediate danger of falling into homelessness unless a house was purchased. The scheme was administered or delivered in different ways across the country. This led to a review of the scheme with a view to targeting resources more. It is my understanding that those acquisitions committed to will be fulfilled. The Minister is scheduled to meet with the chief executive officer of the city council.

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