Mr. Paul Hogan:

On a positive note, I have spoken about the replacement for the vacant site levy but there are also provisions in Housing for All to activate permissions through the Land Development Agency with Project Tosaigh. This is not exclusively related to SHDs, but it certainly relates to any existing planning permission that may well be suitable for acquisition for affordable housing. There are very firm proposals or decisions now made and brought forward in that regard within Housing for All. There is also a fund to address extant or unimplemented permissions that are out there.

If it can make the difference to bringing forward affordable development, it will be deployed for that. There are positive carrots as well as the stick that I mentioned.