Ms Niamh Randall:

I concur with Mr. Jordan and Mr. Allen regarding the challenges with institutional investors and, particularly, the time and effort that already underfunded organisations have invested without achieving the results we hoped for. In terms of social rental agencies, the Cork rental project has been very successful and this model has also proven its success in other European countries. The implementation plan for the State's response to homelessness allows for the development of a social rental agency but it is a Dublin only initiative. We are concerned about the potential for an urban centred response to these issues. Clearly, these problems are more acute and visible in Dublin but they are also impacting on areas outside of Dublin. We argue that the agency should be national in focus.