Mr. John McCarthy:

While there has not been any actual development on any of the sites transferred into the scheme, there is certainly an intent to develop some of the sites and a number are under examination. The site the Deputy mentioned is a case in point. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown had previously prepared a scheme and is now actively looking at seeking tenders for expressions of interest for developing a mixed housing scheme on that site. That, along with another site in Wexford and one in Limerick, is under consideration for early development for housing purposes, even ahead of the strategy the Housing Agency is pursuing. In addition, there are two other sites in Cork where a portion of the sites is likely to be used for education purposes, for building schools, which is an eminently suitable use of the sites in terms of building sustainable communities. There is some activity on some of the sites, which will yield product in the short to medium term, and in the medium to long term, the vehicle will be the land audit that is being done and matching that with the social housing strategy.