Mr. Tom O'Brien:

I will address various comments now. Deputy Barry asked for evidence. I gave Deputy Barry clear evidence that there is a mass exodus of landlords leaving the sector on the back of ongoing tax and legislation changes that have been implemented and are currently going through the Houses. On evidence of these particular measures in the Bill, we can only rely on the feedback we get through our helpline in the IPOA. Since this Bill was been announced publicly at the end of November 2018, we have been inundated with members ringing our office, wondering is this coming into law, when is a coming, and expressing-----