Maria Bailey (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a couple of questions. I was the only one who did not get to ask anything last week.

What interaction is there with local authorities throughout the country and particularly in larger areas such as Dublin and Cork? What interaction is there in encouraging them and coming forward with site applications or plans for various state-owned lands that we can move on? Without being parochial, Deputy Boyd Barrett, Senator Boyhan and myself could list a number of sites that are being actively moved on. I wonder what consultation is happening on those levels?

On pillar 4 and the rental sector, is there an update on the amount of student accommodation that is in the pipeline? If student accommodation can be provided, it frees up existing houses in the private sector that families can be housed in.

Under pillar 5 and utilising existing housing stock, I am familiar with the site that Senator Boyhan spoke of. It is near Stillorgan bowling alley. We had complications there, where a bigger plan was envisaged for that site but it is something that needs to be moved on. The funding was made available to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to move on that so what pressure is being put on local authorities throughout the country to deliver on these sites?

We will move on to pillars 3, 4 and 5 now.