Mr. Vinny Colgan:

Requiring AHBs to make a commitment that they devote all of their property towards the alleviation of housing need effectively would require care and support organisations, for example, to create designated housing bodies at a time when we need them devote all of their resources to housing. The second bit of comfort I can give the Deputy is that we are future-proofing the Act regarding the regulator's powers that had been linked to the act of making a constitutional amendment. In other words, a regulator power comes into effect on the date an AHB makes the application with that constitutional object. We are breaking that link and instead linking it to their functions as alleviating housing need, updated with a more modern accurate function as well.