Mr. Joe McGuinness:

There was a question on land loans versus voids in Louth. We have €60 million of land loans which we are repaying from internal capital receipts and that is impacting on the spending of internal capital receipts. We have used CPOs for vacant rural housing in limited cases, where they are required. We are doing it for Traveller accommodation and disability needs at the moment, specifically in rural areas. Deputy Ó Broin is correct that the Rebuilding Ireland loan offers are not always what applicants are looking for and the value has been reduced. Applicants are making multiple applications with adjoining counties and we get a good number of Dublin applicants who also apply to Meath and Fingal and may not take up a loan offer with us.

We have an underspend on Traveller accommodation this year. We have particular issues where the needs have changed and where people have withdrawn their aspirations. Traveller accommodation programmes have changed, whether this was at the review stage or at a new stage due to feuding.