Dan Boyle (Green Party)

I thank the Minister of State for the amendments accepted to date in both Houses relating to homelessness, especially the arguments advanced by the Make Room campaign. The fact that so many amendments have been taken on board demonstrates how well the policy has been formed and practised and how the issue has proceeded. In any given set of proposals from NGOs not everything will be accepted. However, the fact that so many amendments were accepted and the spirit in which they were accepted speaks well for the quality of the policy and the commitment to improve it, especially at a time when the danger of homelessness and the necessity of meeting the needs of the homeless has never been so great.