Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes. I ask the Leader to contact the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to query whether this practice is fair or right. Surely there is another way of handling this. The deposit that students have to pay could be increased, if necessary, but they should not be cut off at first base. They should not have to hear that they cannot be accommodated at all. We have quite a problem with homelessness in this country. We need to give people fair play, at least. The same thing applies to the wording "rent allowance not accepted". We have work to do in this area.