Pat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a few brief questions and will commence by asking about finance and the application process. Can the organisations avail of different types or sources of funding? Have they experienced difficulties in accessing finance? Is there a criterion for approved housing bodies to categorise them as tier 3?

Earlier Deputy Coppinger and I mentioned the regulation and governance of approved housing bodies. In 2014, there were only 300 approved housing bodies yet there are 520 approved housing bodies at present. A new housing body has been created every week for the past three years. Are there proper regulation and governance structures for approved housing bodies?