Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)

A sum of €15 million is an extensive amount of money for the Exchequer to shore it up but I want to put on the record the importance of having an organisation like the Peter McVerry Trust and the other approved housing bodies in the sector. If we are to deliver more output, we need public and private, and all the different tools that are available.

I will have an opportunity to discuss some of those matters further when the witnesses come before the Committee of Public Accounts. I just want to put on record the work they do and my appreciation for that work.