Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

We need to have sight of that when the Department receives it to see what progress has been made here. It would be worth exploring what those failings were because they would not be pointed out as recommendations if there were not failures in those areas. The number of questions the local government audit threw up certainly shows that there is an issue with oversight here. Given that this is a significant partner in delivering social housing, it is really important that it has the kind of oversight that is needed. Presumably we will get that as soon as the Department has it at the end of the year. I ask him to make a note of that so that it is not forgotten about.

Mr. John McCarthy might come back to us if he does not have the information immediately to hand on the following matters. Document 1679(ii), dated 22 October, contains a table stating that 582 sites are unencumbered and that 128 sites have loans attached to them. There is no way of knowing the potential number of houses that could be accommodated on those sites. The 128 figure might be the higher number in terms of the number that can be accommodated. I ask Mr. John McCarthy to provide the projected number of houses that could be accommodated on those sites - the unencumbered and the ones that have loans attached.