Ms Geraldine Tallon:

The idea originally was that vacant possession would have been delivered once the housing units were delivered. One of the particular attractions in the tender submitted by this particular developer was that 80% of the units were already available in developments around the Dublin area. The units were already by and large available. The remaining 20% were in train and that was an attractive feature of the bid. The intention originally was that vacant possession would transfer on the completion of the provision of the units. It was already a compromise with the developer that vacant possession was deferred until the end of 2008.