Mr. John McCarthy:

It means we are trying to achieve as balanced a mix of housing tenures as can possibly be achieved in local contexts. If a local authority presents us with a project involving the development of a large number of units in a single development, we are more likely to look on it more favourably if there is no existing social housing in the area. There is a very positive disposition towards moving forward with social housing projects. The social housing project pipeline between local authorities and approved housing bodies has more than 500 projects in it. We have to deal with them case by case. There are schemes of 30, 40, 50 or even more units in the pipeline, depending on the circumstances in the individual location.