Mr. Brian O'Gorman:

I have a few points to make with regard to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, PRTB, the amount of work it has and our expectation of it. Before our tenancies came under the PRTB, it was almost unregulated so we see it as a very important protection for tenants and landlords. If a tenant had a complaint against us, we were the judge and jury in the matter, so we see the PRTB as very welcome move. It will also create much more equality between our tenants and private rental tenants, many of whom are social housing tenants because they are getting rent subsidy and are in housing need in the same way as our tenants. We see the PRTB move as very positive. We also see the orientation of the PRTB towards mediation and dispute resolution as something that fits very well with our ethos. We have some concerns about the staff embargo. The PRTB is addressing this by contracting out as many of its services as it can and making IT improvements. It is a huge improvement from where we have been.

In the statement we submitted, we gave figures from 2008 to 2012 relating to the output of Clúid. I can repeat them. Between owned and managed new units, we delivered 572 in 2008, going down to 304 this year.

Each year, we have delivered more than 300 units. This year, we expect that figure to be 340. We can see an upward trajectory in delivery that will continue over the next couple of years.

Cherry-picked allocations is a regular allegation. We do not recognise it. I do not know how to respond. Last week, I attended a housing conference at which Wexford's local authority housing officer categorically denied that the housing associations cherry-picked in his experience of dealing with them. All of our tenants are approved by local authorities. They come from the waiting list.