Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I am grateful for those entirely undeserved and kind comments. If it is not possible to make an amendment to this provision on Report Stage, the Minister of State might consider addressing the issue in a different way by amending section 33 to make it explicit that it applies to the power of housing authorities to determine whether households are eligible for social housing support under section 20. Section 33 could equally be amended, given that it contains the discretionary provision that Senator Norris wishes to have inserted in section 20.