Ms Mary Egan:

Church Fields is a large landbank in Dublin 15 and the only significant landbank that we have left in that area. We had our first briefing with the local area councillors last December. We brought the almost finalised land management plan to them on 5 July. Since then we have been working on moving forward in tandem with the Part VIII road infrastructure and the green infrastructure. The first phase of the housing will be brought to the councillors' area committee next week. It is for 25 units, a small element on which we can start straight away. Our focus all the way through has been how soon can we get the process started.

This is the process in motion. We have had three briefings with our local councillors and we have had a meeting with the community stakeholders for this project to date. It is quite a significant project. There has been some work done on the land management plan. We now have the blueprint on how the site would be developed. We have applied for the serviced sites fund, which will enable us to provide the infrastructure, and we will be considering developing significant numbers of social and affordable housing. Affordable means affordable for purchase or cost rental, whatever model fits best, and the rest of the range in respect of accommodation for older people, people with disabilities and anything else that fits into the profile of the site. We will consider all options. We are not closing it to any particular streams. Our focus is on delivery, and we will bring the first phase through next week. From last September to the October area committee this year is significant progress.