Mr. Jim Baneham:

To move on to the question of interaction with the Land Development Agency, at least three sites will be transferred to it by the Housing Agency.

One of them is in Skerries; one is in Devoy Park in Naas, very close to the local authority offices, while the other is a large site in Balbriggan, which is more complicated from a planning perspective. We have had extensive interaction with the Land Development Agency and have a shared vision of how these sites should be developed. The sites in Skerries and Devoy Park in Naas are of a manageable size. Approximately 200 dwellings will be developed in each case, with a mix of social and cost rental housing. Both sites will be retained in some form of State ownership. It is intended that the transfer of the sites from the agency will include various covenants which will place restrictions on how they will be developed into the future.