There has been a change in relation to grants for people moving out of homeless accommodation into local authority or approved housing body accommodation. All applications from across Dublin are now being sent to a central hub and are no longer being dealt with by community welfare officers. This has resulted in applications taking up to 12 weeks, or three months, to process and is causing great difficulty for the individuals involved. As the Taoiseach knows, most people moving out of homelessness just have the clothes on their back or a bag of clothes and do not have a stick of furniture. Is the Government aware of the changes resulting in the delay? Are there plans to address the issue?

I need to check that with the relevant Minister. I do not have exact details on the specific issue the Deputy raised but we will follow it up.