Mr. Paul Lemass:

There are two sides to the question of allocations and nominations. The allocations policy is tied to the funding instrument in many respects. There is a broader allocations policy, which a local authority will adopt, and there is a social housing list from which eligible candidates will be taken. The funding scheme determines the extent, but my understanding is that nearly 100% of candidates come from the local authority housing list. Perhaps there are a few exceptions in the cases of individual funds, of which I am not aware.

The regulator would set the policies that have to be complied with. We referred to a regulation about managing voids and not leaving properties empty. The individual fund would then set down obligations about reporting on that. We would expect that by the terms of a contract between a local authority and an AHB, reports would be issued to the local authority.