Mr. Frank Curran:

Mixed tenure means mixed income, and they are more sustainable communities. We are hearing in the chambers that councillors want mixed tenure, affordable housing and cost rental for all of the reasons that make communities sustainable when there is a mixture of people with different incomes, and that is very welcome. Councillors and elected members will certainly support that and the approval process will be a lot easier, not that we are having any problems.

I do not think we have ever had a major difficulty here in Wicklow in terms of councillors approving social housing, but it becomes all the more attractive with mixed tenure. It avoids any difficulties that may have arisen in the past with mono-tenure estates.