Mr. Dick Brady:

In comparing the system in the Republic of Ireland with the rest of Europe, we operate on a differential rent system and the rest would operate either on a commercial rent or some kind of affordable rent system. That is an extremely important point because differential rent is based on the ability to pay and is not based on the ability to maintain the properties or the costs of the service. If one is looking for best practice or if one wants to examine how we might change things into the future, it may require us to look at the basic principle of the differential rent. If somebody is in need of support, there may be other ways in which that support can be given other than through the differential rent system.