Regina Doherty (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Not at all. I spent many years working with Ms Hamilton, so it is very nice to see her.

The frustration here is that the lady does not breach the earnings cap. The council has assumed that she is going to work for the 52 weeks of the year whereas she takes more than seven or eight weeks of parental leave every year, at her own cost, because she has an eight-year-old son and she cannot get childcare for him during the school holidays. Neither part of Fingal County Council is talking to the other and she is going to lose the house because the deadline of 15 November for the loan application has come and gone and she is on days' notice. I have been banging my head against a wall trying to get one part of the council to talk to the other in order that this lady can get the home she needs. Otherwise, she is going to end up homeless. Could the Leader ask the Minister for housing to get one of his officials to please call Fingal County Council in order to try to sort this lady's house out? Otherwise, she is going to lose it and that is going to be down to us.