The key component in addressing the housing waiting list is building new homes says Cllr. John Paul Feeley

Local Minister, Heather Humphreys says more extra payments will be rolled out in the coming weeks.

There's a fear it could result in more people going across the border into the North to do their shopping.

"It’s so unfair.. The Minister should of made sure resources were in place.”

While previous periods of emigration were driven by mass unemployment, the jobless rate was at its lowest level in 21 years in July.