Mr. Ger Deering:

There is an inherent unfairness. The point I want to make is that they also do not have access to the arrears scheme for people in local authority houses. If people in receipt of HAP are to be treated as socially housed, they should have the same access. The Deputy is asking a bigger question, which is whether they are socially housed. What we are saying is that, if they are to be considered socially housed, then treat them the same. They should have the same access to the same rights as people who are socially housed.