I wish to raise with the Minister of State a meeting I attended last night regarding Mr. Sean Meehan, who is facing homelessness and legal action because he has been ordered to demolish his current residence. This is absolutely crazy in the middle of the housing crisis we have. Does the Government actually believe that people who have had to house themselves should be made homeless at this stage? There are a couple of small things that went awry with the planning. I know the Minister of State has asked certain local authorities to intervene in different cases. We are asking him to intervene in this case. What does he intend to do to help Mr. Meehan and others who are caught in this crazy situation? We have thousands of people on housing lists in local authorities because there is inconsistency right across the country. There is no uniformity. That needs to happen as well. We have to stop - this Government needs to stop - making people homeless and adding to that list.

I am not familiar with the case of Sean Meehan. I have made the general point, however. I do not know the specifics around the planning application, and neither should I, in terms of interfering with the planning process. In a general sense, however, anyone can apply to any local authority for any structure, be it wooden or otherwise, in terms of a house or structure. It is down to the individual planning authorities to make their decision. If the Deputy will provide me with the details of Sean Meehan and the specific set of circumstances about which he spoke regarding the area of homelessness and so forth, certainly, on a humane level, I will undertake to follow up, as I have done for him on previous cases.