I remind the Taoiseach about the section in the programme for Government on homelessness. What, if any, progress has been made on the specific proposals laid out? The Taoiseach is aware that numerous people, whole families in some cases, are crammed into hotel rooms, hostels and bed and breakfast accommodation from one end of this country to the other at horrendous cost to the State. These families are suffering incalculable misery. The proposals in the section of the programme for Government on homelessness would have alleviated those conditions. Four years down the line, what will the Government do about that situation and when?

The Government is acting on the situation.

How many are in hotel rooms, hostels and bed and breakfast accommodation?

This issue has been raised every year for so many years between September and Christmas because of all the inactivity over the years. It is now being dealt with-----

There are more people in emergency accommodation than ever before in the history of the State.

We all have them.

-----in the sense that for the first time in so many years there were more beds available than people who needed them, that is, those people who wanted to come off the streets and looked for a bed-----

The Taoiseach should tell that to the young women in hotel rooms.

-----in Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Galway and Waterford.

That is not true. We see them in Limerick.

It is true. I went out on inspection with the Lord Mayor of Dublin and all of the agencies and the Government responded. The Minister and Minister of State for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputies Kelly and Coffey, have given frequent updates on the progress being made. There have been many debates. I can give the Deputy all the details if he wants. I may send him a note updating him on what actually is happening. What the Deputy says is not true. This matter is being attended to.

I will take the Taoiseach on a tour of my constituency where he will see the reality on the ground.