Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-01-28
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Darragh O'Brien (FF), Dublin Fingal

Since the correspondence was issued on 9 December, I have not received from the Deputy any specific instances where this has occurred. I was made aware of one case last weekend and it was addressed immediately. That was it. I have received nothing since then. I have received nothing from the Deputy. Let us be honest about it. If there are such instances, I am happy to engage with him about them and to deal with specific matters. People are not being turned away from emergency accommodation. If, in a rare instance, that happens, I ask him to please bring it to my attention and we will deal with it. He should not wait and come into the Dáil to make a charge if he is not addressing such instances himself.

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