Mr. Paul Hogan:

The concept is that a relatively small number of strategic priorities sites in the State would be identified for development. This is what the SDZs were originally intended to do. Sites with high potential for delivering at scale would be identified and supported. They would need to be endorsed locally by the local authority and by the Minister, as proposed through the UDZ process. Ultimately the co-ordinated funding would come from the Exchequer. Rather than each Department having an allocation, perhaps it would be done more directly through a fund such as the URDF or a future iteration of it. We need to see the scale of what is required. It is worth mentioning that Ms Murray has been working on transport-oriented development proposals and opportunities in Dublin and other cities in line with national objectives to identify sustainable development opportunities.