Mr. John McCarthy:

There is a range of factors. It is still cheaper to buy than to build in some parts of the country. A significant proportion of some local authorities' output is in acquisitions rather than construction sites. The Deputy referred to earlier conversations in relation to capacity and, while those issues would have been raised historically, one would imagine they should be resolved at this stage because of the type of arrangement that I outlined.

The programme was not far from zero in 2013 and 2014, so it takes a bit of time for that to ramp-up, although that should be resolved in 2018. It is a case of taking the targets that have been set and delivering on them.

A lot of local authority time has been spent on getting stuff through the Part 8 process. That pipeline of proposals is there.