Mr. Paul Lemass:

On the transfer of assets, it would not be restricted to the 260 AHBs that are not registered. It is more of a broader provision if an AHB decides it might be better off winding up, and there are such situations with elderly people in AHBs.

They are not in a position to continue. We would like to facilitate a process whereby their assets would be transferred to another AHB that would take over ownership and control of them. We support that and we recognise that it will probably be the way out for a number of AHBs. We do not quantify that precisely but that is the kind of thing we have in mind. Our concern would be that the tenants are protected through any transfer. That is the main thing.

Regarding over-delivery by AHBs, I reiterate that Rebuilding Ireland is flexible. If one sector can over-deliver, we accommodate that. I must defer to my colleague, Mary Hurley, regarding what statistics are collected on individual delivery by county by AHB but I will raise it with her and we will revert to the committee between us to see what we can give the committee in terms of the actual delivery numbers by county by AHB. I am not sure what is collected so I do not have the answer.