Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I take Deputy Ó Broin's point. We need to be sensitive as we approach this because we are talking about voluntary bodies in many cases. We need to make sure they are working together in a consistent and co-ordinated fashion as much as possible. I hope the regulations will help to provide a framework to do that, in the interests of ensuring the type of consistency mentioned by the Deputy is provided to tenants whose housing solutions are being provided by housing bodies. It is very important for tenants to have this kind of consistency and certainty. As we move towards putting the regulation onto a formal footing, we will need to make sure that kind of consistency between the housing bodies can be found, thereby enabling them to deliver what they feel comfortable with in delivering in accordance with their ethos.

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