Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My question is a different one and, again, I do not mean to be awkward.

All of what I have said is the current state of play and these are the things people are talking about in the private rooms the witnesses and others are in. Is now not the time to sit down, look at the range of projects that are there and try to find what is the optimum model, inasmuch as one is possible, for both the financing and rent setting? If we do not do it now, we will end up with the situation we have with social housing. Right now in social housing there is a proliferation of different ways of funding. We heard the discussion earlier. Local authorities get differential rent and they may also get a bit of grant funding from the Department for adaptations and retrofits, but maybe not. A special needs AHB will get CAS funding but no availability agreement and the differential rent will not cover the costs. A general needs AHB will get CALF and the availability agreement and will be better off than the other two entities. That is not a great approach. One approach has to be optimal. Is there or will there be an attempt to sit down and look at what is the optimum way to do the financing, funding and rent setting?