Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Department reports outputs on a scheme by scheme basis but does not report the size of social housing stock. It has figures for local authority stocks but not for the social housing held by approved housing bodies. It seems strange that it has all of the information on local authority stocks but nothing for the approved housing bodies, given that taxpayers' money is involved. There does not appear to be good accountability in that regard. Can Mr. McCarthy say why the Department does not have that information? Is it good governance?