Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My questions are whether the faster procurement process that was used for Poppintree can be used for Part 8 schemes once they are in place. It is not a question about planning but about procurement. Is there a limit on the amount for which a local authority can apply for a refurbishment of an individual building? If so, what is it and are there many units that would cost more to refurbish? On acquisitions, and a few members asked this question which was not answered, of the association's allocation for the next three years, is there a maximum amount of that allocation that it can use for acquisitions of turn-key properties? The second part of that question is whether compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, can be used.

South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council have targets under the strategy. They are 3,347 units for Dublin City Council and 1,445 units for South Dublin County Council. Can Mr. Cummins tell us what percentage of those targets have been met after the first year of the strategy? I would like to know the one thing Mr. Cummins thinks could change in terms of policy, legislation and process that would make it easier for the local authorities to do the job of stopping people becoming homeless or to do the job of supplying more houses. Mr. Cummins could e-mail this information or, if he is not comfortable e-mailing it, he could phone people individually. If Mr. Cummins could answer that in whatever way he thinks appropriate, could he let us know because that is what we are looking for?