Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)

I want to move to broader issues of public expenditure and focus on the tenant in situ scheme. It is a good initiative. Most small businesses would say it is often cheaper to buy their premises than to rent them. I have a big issue with how we procure housing under the HAP scheme. Some of the most vulnerable people in the country are essentially procuring on behalf of the State. They are doing so as individuals rather than us collectively procuring it. I do not think we would do that for any other form of public procurement. We are fragmenting our purchase rather than pulling it together and getting better value for money. That is how the HAP scheme works, however. The tenant in situ scheme offered good value for money. The State would gain a capital asset while reducing current expenditure. It has the additional benefit of providing security to the tenant. On the value of money element, why are we not putting more money into the tenant in situ scheme rather than less?