Conor Sheahan

And even if they get on the housing list, that doesn't mean that they'll necessarily ever get an allocation.

or get an allocation in a short period of time.

It just means that they are eligible, that they meet the criteria for social housing.

It also means that they meet the criteria for HAP.

And I personally think that we should be very careful around tightening things up in relation to habitual residency, because we could end up with an unintended consequence of more people actually rough sleeping.

And that's what my

where my position on this is.

And I agree with Padder completely in the point he's making in relation to the government not building enough social and affordable housing.

That is the key issue here.

Well, I would argue that a lot of this disharmony is one coming from a lot of disinformation that's there, particularly on social media that doesn't get countered.

And I agree with the need for more transparency, but I would just caution that and say that individuals who get a social housing allocation also have a right to privacy.

And if you're looking at a small enough area, like say Killarney, which has a total population of less than 20,000, if you publish the nationalities of people who receive social housing allocations, by my estimation, they would be fairly easily identifiable.

And that's what my concern is.

Well, I suppose there is a misconception out there that this is true, Clare.

But I remember at first

one stage, you know, people believed that Miriam McCallaghan was selling face cream on Facebook until she took them to court.

So there's an awful lot of misinformation there on social media that's at the root cause of a lot of this.

And we already have robust systems in place to qualify for social housing in this country to even get on the list, notwithstanding the fact that if you get on the list, you're going to wait a considerable period of time to get

and allocation.

And we have also had issues whereby, you know, in cities like Dublin, we have had properties that have been vandalised because of misinformation on social media.