Ms Margaret Geraghty:

Approved housing bodies have an important role to play in the delivery of social housing. The Deputy's response was in respect of the development of the lands at Mulhuddart.

Support has been given to approved housing bodies to enable them to access funding that is not directly State funded to ensure they have the capacity to deliver affordable rental models, incremental purchase schemes and co-operative schemes. These are the types of mixed tenure proposed for the land banks in Fingal, particularly in Mulhuddart. We are extremely conscious of the level of demand for social housing in that particular area and we will continue to work in partnership with the approved housing bodies to bring forward mixed tenure models.

On the question regarding Dublin 15, in which area the Deputy obviously has a keen interest, from the beginning of 2015 to date, under the housing strategy, we have provided 570 families with tenancies in the Dublin 15 area. A further 400 tenancies are approved and in terms of immediate future delivery an additional 1,100 units will be provided in the Dublin 15 area through the social housing mechanisms. This data is not inclusive of the land bank in Mulhuddart. I am happy to provide more detail later.