Rory Hearne (Dublin North-West, Social Democrats)

To push Mr. Deering a bit on this, and I understand he does not want to comment directly on the legislation, if we look at it in terms of housing need, we have the housing waiting list which comprises people on the local authority waiting list and not on the transfer list. It is in the region of 58,000 households. Most of those in receipt of HAP are not on this waiting list. How we define those in housing need determines the policy response so it is very important. The analysis and work of the Office of the Ombudsman clearly shows that those in receipt of HAP are still in housing need.