Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I confirm that I am on the Leinster House campus. Firstly, I congratulate Mr. O'Rourke. I thank him and Mr. Coleman for coming in to brief us today. Their positions in the LDA are extremely important with respect of the delivery of public housing in our country and may the road rise to meet the agency's agenda.

I have a number of questions. It is great to hear up front that cost rental is a priority in the delivery of public homes. Mr. O'Rourke said it is 75% at the minute, which sounds excellent. That is something the Green Party has been fighting for, so I am very happy to hear that. The original projection of the LDA was 150,000 homes. Is that still the target it is aiming for?

My second question relates to the membership of the LDA. I have kind of asked Mr. Coleman this before. The old board's membership did not contain anybody who had a sustainable design or urban design background. That is troubling for me. There are a number of people on it who have a social background, but in the context of urban design, and sustainable urban design at that, is there somebody coming on that?

On the terms of reference of the LDA, will exemplar sustainable urban design measures be implemented? I understand the LDA procured sustainable urban design strategies for Galway from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, RIAI. Is there any traction with those? Will they be folded into Mr. O'Rourke's vision for the LDA? We have been talking about this as a party, and there is not an exemplar in Ireland of a sustainable urban area. We have Cloughjordan as an ecovillage, but it would be very good if the LDA could procure a sustainable urban site, develop that out and then use it as an example going forward. Are those LDA projects and ideas being moved forward?