Mr. Ger Gibbons:

I echo Dr. Healy's point on HAP and investment in social and affordable housing. We acknowledge that the European Commission, in the draft country-specific recommendations published on 5 June, raised the issue of inadequate cost rental in Ireland for the first time, as far as I am aware. The report referred to the need for further investment in housing. We believe there could be areas here, but it is something that could be prioritised at European level in the next multi-annual financial framework. I will leave it on that point.