Mr. Patrick Davitt:

Currently, Dublin City Council believes that between the two canals there are 155 acres across more than 300 derelict sites which could easily and should be developed. They are owned by people who for different reasons are landbanking the sites and not doing anything with them. This is happening when buildings and sites in Dublin are very scarce, and it would be good to get them back into production and to start building. We are hoping the site levy will do that.