Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will set a date for that after the meeting next week. We will see how we get on. In terms of general ideas for the work programme, we have agreed meetings for 11 October and 18 October. On 25 October, we will be dealing with matters relating to housing. We will be meeting representatives from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government solely in connection with housing.

As part of that issue we are going to bring in representatives of the Irish Council for Social Housing, the umbrella group for approved housing bodies, AHBs. Most of the funding is now being channelled through approved housing bodies. It is very clear from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report that there is no statutory regulation of housing bodies. I think he said the Department cannot confirm how many houses have been built by approved housing bodies. There is a lacuna of information.