Yesterday, there was a Private Members' motion in the Dáil Chamber around regeneration of flat complexes. It was also the day when the Government pulled the funding for the regeneration of the Oliver Bond flat complex. That is devastating for residents there. They have faced decades of neglect and the conditions they are expected to live in are substandard. They do not even meet the standards that the council sets for private rental accommodation. It is not new to residents in the inner city. Pearse House residents faced a similar pulling of funding for regeneration of Pearse House when they had great plans. They worked for years and came together to develop plans. They were looking forward to it. It was going to change their lives and the lives of so many in the community. This is a huge blow to residents in Oliver Bond and Pearse House and for all those living in flat complexes and public housing in the inner city. The worst thing is the Minister refuses to meet with the residents. He has refused to meet the residents of the Oliver Bond flats or Pearse House or the Glass Bottle residents association. For many people in the inner city, the Minister for housing is the invisible Minister for housing. How can anybody defend that? The Government Members not going to try to defend it because it is indefensible. The Minister refuses to meet with them, he pulls the funding that would transform their lives and make a huge difference and at the same time the rents for tenants are going up dramatically. They are expected to pay more to live in worsening conditions. To make matters even worse for residents, the council found the funding, more than €500 million, to insulate the civic offices and redevelop the sites there and on Camden Yard, which in itself is not a bad idea. However, it could find the funding for the insulation of the civic offices and find a plan to resolve the issues facing its offices. That money could be spent on residents who have been living in dreadful conditions for so long. We hear about the hantavirus breaking out on a cruise liner. It is beyond me how the hantavirus has not broken out in many flat complexes because there are so many issues around rats, the lack of rodent control and derelict sites around flat complexes that are not being maintained and which are causing serious damage to the health of people living in the flats. It is one thing after another. The invisible Minister for housing has to become visible and meet residents. He needs to come in here to explain why he will not meet residents in the inner city.