Micheál Carrigy (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

I am pleased that we have an opportunity to continue our discussion with representatives from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Dublin Region Homeless Executive and the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority, AHBRA.

From the Department, I welcome Ms Rosemarie Tobin, principal officer, Mr. Brendan White, principal officer and Mr. Vincent Colgan, principal officer; from the Dublin Region Homeless Executive: Ms Mary Hayes, director, and Mr. Mick Mulhern, assistant chief executive; and from the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority, Mr. Fergal O'Leary, chief executive and Ms Leona McMahon, head of legal.

The opening statements have been circulated to members. I will take the statements as read. Is it agreed that we publish the statements on the committee website? Agreed.

I now invite members to ask questions. We will work off the same speaker rota we had in the previous session. Each speaker will have five minutes. Members should be conscious that there is another meeting in this room after our meeting so we cannot stray too much over the time.