Mr. John McCarthy:

I will take one example, which is the second last one on the list in fig. 8.11, namely the private or intersectoral review. That showed a very uneven performance in terms of local authority inspections of private rented accommodation. To the extent that there are issues emerging from reports of this kind that require us to look at policy, legislation or funding, the Department does that. As such, when we formulated the strategy for the rental sector in December 2016, we drew in a great deal of what the report was saying around the need to set specific targets for local authorities around private rental sector inspections and, more important, the need to provide specific funding to local authorities. That is now moving forward and funding has been provided for. That is just one example.