Mr. John Crowe:

I thank my five colleagues on the executive. I also wish to introduce to the committee Councillor Luie McEntire who is also here along with our two directors, Tommy Moylan and Liam Kenny.

The Association of Irish Local Government endeavours to bring to the fore the voices of elected members who are rooted in their own communities and see at first hand the toll that this housing crisis is having on the people we represent. We acknowledge the work of this important committee and pledge that we will play our part on behalf of the elected members to address the housing and homelessness crisis facing our people. In doing so, we will work alongside the committee and we look forward to continuing to contribute to its work.

We thank the Chairman and committee members for listening to our submission and we would be glad to take questions. Mr. McNally, Mr. Lacey and Mr. Hourigan and I will answer any questions we can.