Mr. Brian Lucas:

As Mr. Nugent said, all three Departments are part of the working group. From the perspective of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, we provide secretariat services to the group as well as participating in it. We assisted the chairman of the working group with the interim report that was sent to the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan.

As Mr. Nugent also said, and as I indicated in my opening statement, following on from the interim report, the three Departments have been working on a suite of measures to address the short-term needs of the sector. My understanding is that the measures are being finalised at assistant secretary level in the three Departments with a view to going to the political level as soon as possible.

As Mr. Nugent said, it is difficult for any official to go into detail on something that has not been signed off at political level, but he has already outlined what is envisaged in the suite of measures and I do not think there is anything I can add to what he has already said in that regard.