Ms Catherine Keenan:

The Land Development Agency is a legal entity, a non-commercial State body. The proposed legislation will make it a commercial State body. That is my understanding. We have had involvement with the agency in terms of our Shanganagh site. We are working with it on how the transfer might take place. We have a proposal for a workshop with the councillors next week to update them on our Shanganagh lands.

An average price of €527,000 was quoted. That is the average price in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown but it takes into account the market price. It takes into account all the big houses in addition to the others. With regard to achieving affordability on our lands, the price would not be anywhere near the price quoted. It is a question of considering the cost of building and the operational costs. There would be a subvention under the served-sites fund so the figure would not be anywhere near €527,000. That is just a market price.

With regard to affordable homes, the priority scheme is such that the advertisement takes place three months before the houses or apartments are ready. It would be closer to when they are actually being built. Three to six months before that, they are advertised.

We have 4,500 on the social housing list. In reality, however, approximately 1,000 of those households are on other local authority lists, and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown is their second preference. If they are removed, there are approximately 3,500 on the social housing list.

On affordability, our rough guide is 30% to 35% of income. That is how we look at it at the moment.