Mr. John-Mark McCafferty:

The takeaway this morning is that there needs to be a complete root-and-branch review of HAP. That is the main action point coming from here. I take the Deputy's point on the distortion in the market regarding Dublin and the homeless HAP. For us, the barrier is really around singles in emergency accommodation trying to gain access to housing. We are working to some extent on this. The limits are really quite restricted with regard to facilitating their access to the market.

The Deputy also mentioned the households just above the social housing thresholds. I hope that initiatives such as affordable rental will grow over time, starting from a very small baseline. We are mindful of the first project between Respond and Tuath on the Enniskerry Road. My sense is that a number of larger approved housing bodies will be moving to bring such projects to the market and to supply.

On both points, I would love for us to produce a much larger sample but I guess it is a question of capacity. These are the kinds of research elements that larger statutory agencies can provide. A sample size of 116 does give a good sense of the forces and factors at play in the 2019 market. That has been very helpful.