Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Cowen. I know he is trying to help tie the knot. There are improvements. I have just visited schemes in Waterford; regeneration schemes and new builds and one site where new homes will be completed - Off the top of my head, I cannot remember the total number or the number that were occupied through the year. As they move into different phases on site, they proceed very quickly. In certain local authority areas, there have been improvements, some quite dramatic.

Regarding land, the information is all published on the website and one can click on each parcel of land to see exactly what is the situation. One of the aspects of the land management group's work is to liaise with local authorities to identify land, what the authority plans to do with it and what other land can be used for approved housing bodies. Then we can see if the initial land availability meets their ability to provide more houses with more land. This work is happening. If Deputy Cowen is aware of specific instances of land, then he must let me know. I can say to a local authority that he has told us that nothing has been developed on a particular parcel of land for three years and I can ask why that is the case. It is very difficult to deal with generalities. This is why we also have the land map.