Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I now understand it may be put as an amendment to this Bill, perhaps on Report Stage in the Seanad or at a later date in the Dáil, or even when the Bill returns to the Seanad. We would like clarification from the Minister of State as to exactly at which stage he intends to bring forward this provision to place the homelessness implementation plan on a statutory footing.

I do not believe any of us would hold him to it, but it is simply so we have some sense of when this is coming. It would short-circuit matters because we could stop putting amendments which the Minister of State then indicates he will accept or, in any event, do something about at a later date.