Ms Moira Murrell:

Similarly, on the social housing issue, this is the point I would strongly like to make because we have no policy framework. That is the constant conflict between the social housing policy and the planning policy when it comes to Gaeltacht areas. There is an issue there which we have jointly put before the committee today.

On wind farms, we contribute 20% to the national grid in Kerry and that is primarily based in the north of the county. We do not have the grid in our Gaeltacht areas but there are very significant works being done on the Dingle Peninsula with communities around energy generation. In our draft plan we have made very strong commitments to micro energy generation which is, of course, community led and is the type of development we want to encourage. We see that very much playing a part of the plan into the future. I would strongly say that will be community led. This will also help with language and in keeping some of the community funds as they are generated so that they will go back to the community.

On the Gaeltacht areas, I outlined previously to Deputy Moynihan that, similar to Cork, our Gaeltacht policy is around planning in the rural area. It is a rural policy, pertains to the Gaeltacht area, and is very much about local people being facilitated to build a house in their local area. It is strongly tied, therefore, to being local to the area. While this is not specific to the Gaeltacht area per se, it is linked very much to the local people so that the impact is the same for both areas with a similar outcome.

On the multi-unit question, our draft plan is make a 66% allocation across the two Gaeltacht areas specifically for Irish speakers.

On the mapping question, we have identified this mapping on our county development plan and in our draft county development plan and have mapped these areas. Is é sin é.