Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I move amendment No. 26:

In page 18, line 29, after "of" to insert "annual".

While it has already been debated on Committee Stage, this important amendment seeks to ensure that needs assessments are carried out annually rather than on a tri-annual basis. It is to ensure that such assessments are done on a more up-to-date basis. As we know, conditions in the housing market change quickly and have done so in the past year or even in the past few months. Therefore, annual assessments would be more appropriate than assessments done on the current tri-annual basis. Perhaps the Minister can let us know if he has any view on whether they will continue to be tri-annual or whether more timely assessments will be made.