Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is baffling. That is the letter from the regulation office and the Irish Council for Social Housing gives a staff figure of 4,600 and mentions almost 6,000 volunteers. Maybe the other letter should have referred to staffing, including volunteers. I do not know. It is not clear so we need clarification from both bodies. I do not follow the two letters. They seem to be saying different things. It is amazing if there are 10,000 employees involved in the sector. We need to know how many houses are under the control of approved housing bodies. We are going to ask the Department for the housing stock of all the local authorities.