Ivana Bacik (Independent)

As Senator Norris said, six months is too long a time for any parent of young children or any individual to be left in such emergency accommodation. I will consider what the Minister of State said because I do not want to dismiss it out of hand, but I am concerned he said these important goals such as limiting the time people spend in emergency accommodation would be policy aspirations rather than legislative objectives. Will he clarify whether legislation will be introduced to give teeth to this goal in the homeless strategy?