Mr. Seamus Hanrahan:

From the perspective of Limerick City and County Council, we also welcome the report and agree with the vast majority of the recommendations coming from it. Specifically, from an architectural perspective, which is my background, the discussion about standardisation of unit types is quite interesting. The discussion around culturally appropriate accommodation gets to the nub of the issue. The examination of that needs far more research and investigation. A good study done in 1993 and Pavee Point was involved with it, namely, The President Robinson Awards for the Design of Traveller Accommodation. That started to look at the issue of culturally appropriate accommodation. The expert panel could make reference to that and build on the research that was done at that period to try to get a full and common understanding of what culturally appropriate accommodation actually is.

I refer to funding from the Limerick City and County council's perspective. To take Mr. Walsh's point, back in the second TAP period, we spent over €15 million, with a budget of €15 million. There was a significant spend in that period and it was in many ways easier to spend a larger amount of money. However, we have been overspending on our current budgets for the last four years. There was €508,000 allocated and we have spent €560,000. There are instances where the budget is being fully accounted for.