Mr. Michael Walsh:

On the question of priority being afforded to Irish speakers the answer is simply “Yes”. The policy is there and we apply planning conditions in respect of same. On wind power and strategic infrastructure development, we have not had any of such of that scale in the Gaeltacht so it is not something we would address, but there is a provision for community contribution and we would certainly consider it going towards language development or the development of Irish generally.

On social housing and the weighting for same, one of the comments we made in the common statement was that there is not a clear policy platform that allows us to give that weighting. There is an issue on the national regulations governing the scheme of letting priorities which constrains us in many respects in doing that. It would be our collective wish, to be honest, that that is changed and that, ultimately, there would be a national policy platform specifically to work for that.