Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are doing the work as we decant the health facilities from that site. There will be no delay once the HSE is gone from the site in terms of getting construction under way.

On Cherrywood, I am aware of the points the Senator has raised and the Department is engaged in terms of what solutions might be available. That is a very important development with a lot of potential. It is a kind of new city within a city. On Thornton Hall, I discussed the matter with the Minister for Justice and Equality some time ago in respect of the Land Development Agency. There is a potential use there but it will not necessarily be for housing because it does not have the infrastructure in place for that. The Land Development Agency has a mandate to manage land between the Departments. It may be that somebody else has a use for it and we could take their land for housing in another location. That is something that will be pursued in time.

On the national strategy for affordability, when it comes to affordable homes to be bought, because we have all these different streams such as the serviced sites fund and LIHAF, the process of putting all that together can be a little bit complex. As we finalise the different regulations around it, we will be able to talk about that strategy.

On a cost-rental national policy, we have engaged the European Investment Bank to help us come to that national policy. There are always going to be certain site-specific considerations but we want a national policy so we understand truly what cost rental is and who it is for. On AHB reclassification, I think they are appearing before the committee soon.