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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I have no doubt but that Dr. O'Carroll will have an opportunity to expand further on those recommendations as part of his responses to the questions from members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Senator, you have just one minute remaining in your slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Dr. O'Carroll, you have just half a minute left, unfortunately, to get through all that, but you might get through other questions later when responding to other speakers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I will move on to the Sinn Féin speaker, Deputy Eoin Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: For Fine Gael, do we have Deputy Higgins or is it Senator Seery-Kearney?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I will to the Green Party's Deputy Steven Matthews. Deputy Matthews may be at oral questions in the Chamber so will Deputy Duffy come in now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Thank you. I call Senator Seery Kearney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Dr. O'Carroll, and I call Deputy Gould.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Dr. O'Carroll has just one minute to respond, unfortunately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Dr. O'Carroll. I am taking the second Fianna Fáil slot. Many of the questions have already been asked. I would like to briefly clarify a few points. During this committee's work, we have focused on the provision of homeless services by private operators or contractors. Did Dr. O'Carroll compare the mortality rate among the people who were in those private services with those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes. Could he give us a comparison of the figures for the two?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Because it is a DRHE report, the figures relate to Dublin. How does the mortality rate compare with other cities across Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Dr. O'Carroll mentioned that there is one single agency. Given that the report was commissioned by the DRHE, does he believe it should be the agency that has the main responsibility for the implementation of the recommendations, as opposed to attributing responsibility across numerous sectors? It would require additional support from the Department. I tend to agree with Dr. O'Carroll that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: My final question relates to dual diagnosis. A new clinical lead for dual diagnosis has been nominated and it is proposed to recruit up to 50 additional staff for that area. How does he see the general service for dual diagnosis, which is very welcome, interacting with the homeless services? Unfortunately, Dr. O'Carroll has a very short time to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Dr. O'Carroll. I will move on to Deputy Steven Matthews.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The next speaker is Deputy O'Donoghue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The next speaker is Senator Mary Fitzpatrick. I ask the Senator to clarify that Deputy Flaherty is not present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We have just enough time for our final speaker, Senator Cummins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Dr. O'Carroll for attending today. He might be sorry he accepted our invitation because on several occasions I heard members suggesting we would have him back to discuss different items. We will be back in touch with him on that. I again thank Dr. O'Carroll for circulating his report and slides, and for being so helpful.

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: This is the fifth Bill that has been introduced by the Government since it took office last summer to safeguard tenants during the pandemic. The Bill extends the protections to tenants affected by Covid-19 by a further six months until 12 January 2022. The number of people that have directly invoked this legal protection has remained small so far, but the legislation has also had a chilling...