Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)

The witnesses are very welcome. The housing situation was mentioned. It is a challenge right across Europe but particularly acute in Ireland. We have heard surveys from different organisations on the challenge facing those affected. Clearly, there is a problem in that area of work. I presume Eurofound, as an organisation, does research in relation to it. What way is it fed back into the various jurisdictions in that regard? Is it unique? Are there particular lessons that should be given to one country rather than another or is it right across the board, right across Europe? In some countries it is not the same challenge it would be in others. We have less than 5% unemployment. That is a challenge in itself. If we are talking about attracting a skills base into Ireland, one of the challenges, of course, will be where those people will live. Could the witnesses expand on how Eurofound feeds that research into the Government? The Government is part of this, so how does Eurofound and organisations like it feed that research in?