Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are various questions about the units that local authorities turned down. I have one specific question. Has every unit that was turned down been disposed of at this stage?

My second question relates to the docklands. I understand NAMA has control of 75% of the undeveloped land in the docklands area. The bulk of the development is going to be for commercial purposes and office space. Dublin City Council will get 10% of the 2,000 proposed apartments. From what the witnesses said earlier, if Dublin City Council came back and looked for more in that area, would NAMA be open to talking to it? An opportunity to do more in the area in question has been lost. I do not think NAMA is fulfilling the social development aspect of its brief in the context of what is being offered for housing in that area.

We know how totally unsuitable hotels are, particularly for families, but because we have an emergency, I am of the view there is scope for them to be used for certain people. Does NAMA have hotels that could be used in this way? Is NAMA sitting on vacant hotels at present?

My final question is in regard to Project Jewel and the loans that NAMA sold on. There are many concerns over the fact that part of what NAMA sold on was an area of great historical and cultural significance as a battlefield site. I believe there was an opportunity there for housing and I wish to know why that was not considered at all when those loans were being sold on.