Mr. Jim Baneham:

I will return to Deputy Ó Broin's question on the cost of Enniskerry Road and give a bit more detail. The construction cost is €45 million including VAT. That is what was tendered, the bricks and mortar, concrete and so on. Other costs such as fees are outside that. On the operational side, we have a base model with approved housing bodies for how they model and maintain social housing stock. That was the starting point when we looked at Enniskerry Road and where the proposals came in from Tuath and Respond. It is quite similar in that many of the same things happen. One must replace the windows after 20 years or whatever. That type of model was the basis and they have their own operational and overhead costs, etc. That was examined and pared back a bit, particularly in terms of the overhead costs. Things that were not pared back include the replacement of infrastructure, which was left unadjusted. Over time that is a significant element in overall costs, but I cannot give the Deputy a quick figure. I may be able to follow up with something in that regard.

The Deputy asked about what could make a big difference. I was thinking about making a quick calculation but am nervous about doing so.