Mr. Jim Baneham:

Again, there is a range of elements to the Deputy's questions. His first comment was on the pace of the project on Enniskerry Road. It did take a long time. Ideally, it would have been completed more quickly.

On other schemes to deliver cost-rental accommodation, something the Deputy mentioned with reference to the Land Development Agency, it is not intended that everything will stop while results from the Enniskerry Road project are awaited. How long should one wait after the scheme is operational as there is a need to press on? That is definitely the aspiration of the Land Development Agency and the Housing Agency.

On the Deputy's more general point about the affordability of rent and mortgages, in many parts of Dublin renting is certainly more expensive than obtaining-----