Mr. John Coleman:

In terms of the approach towards 100% social and affordable, I believe that will happen on many sites that the LDA accesses; it is quite a significant proportion.

I think one must allow flexibility for particular sites. A good example is Balbriggan. I understand that approximately 50% of all homes in the area are supported by the State, mainly through social housing. Potentially, one might want a broader mix of housing for the overall area in Balbriggan. On the flip side, another good example is Dundrum, where one would want very high levels of affordable housing because clearly there is a chronic need in that location. It is a question of horses for courses. That flexibility, allied to the LDA's ethos of focusing on social and affordable housing, is a good mix. In my view, it is a sensible mix.

In terms of profits, the reality is that any money that comes back to the LDA from selling affordable homes or rents from the cost rental scheme is going to be recycled back into providing more social and affordable homes. That is my understanding. Our shareholders are the two Ministers, as I have mentioned. I am sure they will be quite happy for us to continue to recycle funds back into providing more homes.

I do not want to pre-empt anything that the Oireachtas or the Government might want to do and discuss in respect of the local representatives. Our approach has always been to engage. A good example is Shanganagh, where we have had 13 or 14 separate sessions with the councillors to tell them what we are about and to engender a bit of confidence that we are all on the same team and, ultimately, want the same thing. That is why we got the overwhelming support of the councillors in that respect. Regardless of what the Land Development Agency Bill says around that piece, we will continue to have very high levels of engagement with elected members. We sincerely value their input into everything we do, not just on local authority sites but also on other sites that we are working on that have not come the local authority sector. So that engagement and collaboration piece will not change.