Ms Jackie Maguire:

I understood the Teachta’s question on the priority given to Irish. Within both of the cases of areas of Meath, Ráth Chairn and Baile Ghib, the majority of applications are from locals. They must first meet local need and the planning requirements attached. We also attach the linguistic impact study and the assessment of that for the candidate. In both cases that is predominantly with support from Comharchumann na Gaeilge in Ráth Chairn agus Baile Ghib. As the Deputy will see from some of the details given in the opening statement, the majority of our planning applications are one-off houses and we have a very high percentage of grants within that area.