Mr. Conor Skehan:

We have done a few things on that. We have provided a very detailed pie chart in our submission showing a breakdown of the vacancies. There is also a note on vacant housing, which is a stand-alone sheet, showing the categories. There is an overall vacancy rate of 14% and we have given the breakdown within that. There are also figures available, which we will supply to the committee subsequently, showing locations of the vacancies throughout the State. They are the single biggest example of the fact that the committee in its work must stop itself being sucked into the debate fuelled by people who have skin in the game and who tell the committee the only solution is to put one brick on top of another. What sets the Housing Agency apart from everybody else is that we are saying the construction and management of our existing and new resources are where the solution will lie. We need a holistic plan and we have supplied tables showing how the targets can be met in the future by a blended mix of building and bringing into better use under-utilised houses in towns and villages and vacant houses which we have throughout the State.