David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not really have a strong opinion on it either way but my point is that if the ambition is to get these off the State's balance sheet, EUROSTAT will look at issues such as how they are not based on market rents, how it is the local authorities that allocate homes and how the rents charged are based somewhat on differential rents and the model Mr. Hannigan has outlined. Is there then the potential that the ethos of the approved housing bodies must change to suit the ambition to take the approved funding for such bodies off the balance sheet? In other words, how do we get to the point where we take the approved housing bodies off the State's balance sheet without having an impact on what they do at present?