Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)

To finish that, it has gone from an average turnaround time of 22 weeks in the previous year to 35.56 weeks. The vacancy rate is actually quite small. The vacancy rate in the public housing sector is about half the vacancy rate in the general housing sector, and 1% is great, but even 2% is not the problem. The problem is the length of time. It is one thing for the Minister of State or I to say it is unacceptable. I am interested to know if it is by way of circular or some other mechanism. Insofar as the local authorities control elements of it, the Minister of State is right that the weighting and bundling of properties is crazy. There are issues which neither the Minister of State nor the local authorities control, such as Garda vetting times. We have noticed in south Dublin that Garda vetting can now take three months, depending on the local Garda station. That is not something the Minister of State can sort out, but he can certainly talk to the Minister for justice to see if he can use his influence. How is it that we are going to get these times down, other than us saying it is wrong? Is there policy guidance, a circular, or targets for local authorities?