Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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I am happy to hear so many clear audited opinions. The Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority is a new body and the State relies heavily on approved housing bodies, AHBs, to carry out functions that might be more correctly performed by the State. As AHBs are not full State bodies, we should bring in the regulatory authority to work through that and how it will operate, including what the layout of its assets is. Substantial public funds go into AHBs, and I am very supportive of them, but it would be remiss of us not to keep a very close eye on that area and the regulatory body. I propose that this be added to the work programme in some form?