Mr. Wayne Stanley:

I think what the Chair is talking about is the very real potential for political impact and that political impact and concern leading into economic impact. The broader point we were making in referring to those points is as Deputy Ó Broin phrased it, that is, that a referendum is one of the tools that would allow us to create the infrastructure to ensure we have a functioning housing system for the benefit of all our citizens. The point we are making is that the crisis is getting deeper and we still do not have that tool. The addition of that tool, while it will not stop evictions or stop landlords from leaving tomorrow, will create an impetus and a recognition of housing as a fundamental right as part of the social and economic infrastructure in a way that is not there at the moment and that will perhaps work as a leveller to ensure we do not end up back here. That is the broader point.