Mr. Owen Keegan:

I will ask my colleague, Mr. O'Reilly, to respond in detail on some of the issues. On the resourcing issue, funding is available for all the resources we need to deliver the housing programme. However, housing is no different from other areas. It is proving very difficult for us to recruit and retain staff, particularly professional staff. Even though we have the sanction and the funding, in a very tight labour market, Dublin City Council is not the employer of choice because of uniform pay and conditions, much higher travelling costs and housing costs. It is a real challenge throughout my organisation to retain staff. That is just the nature of the market. We have the sanction we need and the funding. The problem is slightly different. I will ask my colleague to deal with some specific issues the Senator raised.