Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)

I want to tell the Taoiseach about a case facing a woman called Victoria. Victoria is renting in Cork at the minute. She has seven children, is a single mother and a survivor of domestic abuse. Two of her children have additional needs. After her landlord went to sell the property, Cork City Council engaged with the landlord under the tenant in situ scheme. On this understanding - the correct understanding, I would have said at the time in terms of funding - Cork City Council went sale agreed on the property in January with Victoria's landlord. They heard nothing until April, when it became the funding cut to the tenant in situ scheme became clear. Her notice to quit is this Friday, 30 May. As things stand, she will be looking at presenting to APS, the homeless service in Cork City Council, with her seven children. That did not need to happen. It did not need to get to that situation. Cork City Council would have operated on the basis that funding would have been forthcoming for purchases under the tenant in situ scheme. When will the Taoiseach ensure that funding is reinstated to assist families such as Victoria's, and prevent them from becoming homeless, which is the potential situation that they face this week?

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