Trevor Sargent
Ceist:238 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the demands being placed on the Threshold housing advice service in the conditions created by the present housing crisis to the extent that the organisation, which is a voluntary body with charitable status in tax law, is now dealing with a person in housing need or crisis every 15 minutes; and his views in relation to this situation. [25925/98]