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

Under programme C, one of the big issues, and it relates to the conversation we have just had on programme A, is funding for staff in housing departments, in terms of general housing staff and private sector inspections.

Please identify the increase, if any, for next year and whether additional money was used this year to increase the number of staff in the Department and, specifically, for inspections.

In terms of programme D, my question is more for next year. The strategic housing developments place an additional burden on An Bord Pleanála. Please tell us, in cash terms, the amount of additional funding that will be allocated to An Bord Pleanála next year to cope with that aspect. Likewise, has funding been identified in the Vote for next year for a planning regulator, assuming that the legislation gets through the Dáil or the Oireachtas at the end of this year or early next year?