Mr. John Coleman:

Regarding the specific issue arising in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, local authorities, particularly the larger ones, have capabilities. There is no question about that. We have been in discussion with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council regarding the site pretty much since our inception. The site has been undeveloped for quite some time. We helped the council's departments to work on co-ordination and project management. That went well.

Another issue is the funding structure for affordable housing on the site that we invoked. Our mandate is to deliver affordable housing on sites to which we gain access, be they from local authorities or elsewhere. To deliver affordable housing, we will need a funding structure, which we have been developing. The application of that structure to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, where more than half of the homes that are anticipated for development are to be affordable, including affordable rental or cost rental, is a major added value that could not be achieved elsewhere.