Dr. Ronan Lyons:

At the risk of self-promotion, what the Deputy has described seems a bit like the Housing Commission report in full, and not just on the constitutional element but the wider report in terms of how we bring everything together to bring about a healthy housing system. I know Mr. Stanley mentioned earlier there is a lot of support for the commission's report in the broadly defined social partnership system. That is where the solutions will be. In some ways, I am comforted by what Dr. Casey said about how there is not really a big difference between the two. If the concerns that I and Mr. O'Flynn had are smaller than we thought they were and there is not a huge difference, that is good news.

If there is an amendment and somebody takes a case, it will then be up to the Government as to how it will do this. The Government does not necessarily wait for that to happen; it could just try to do this. As I say, at the risk of self-praise or self-promotion, the Housing Commission report should be the frame of reference for whatever is left of this House and, indeed, for the next one too. It will be there and relevant for years to come.