TD Maria Bailey will not chairing today's Oireachtas Housing Committee.
It's after the controversy surrounding the TD's now withdrawn legal case against a Dublin hotel where she fell off a swing and subsequent radio interview that was sharply criticised by party colleagues.
Vice chair Pat Casey will oversee the meeting pending Deputy Bailey's upcoming meeting with the Taoiseach -which is expected in the coming days to discuss the issue.
Sinn Fein's Eoin O'Broin says Deputy Bailey has a lot of explaining to do:' I find it very difficult to except or believe the version of events that Maria Bailey put on the record. I'm not going to make a judgelemt until I hear the outcome of the meeting with Leo Varadkar, but I do think she has a lot of explaining to do if she's to come back and resume business as normal'.
Today's committee meeting will hear from Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy where the issue of homelessness and the cost of renting and buying a home will be discussed.
