Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is very welcome and I applaud him and his officials for this initiative. I know there has been great feedback from local authorities that are very enthused by it. The figures speak for themselves: 283 commencement notices and 676 units. Perhaps it is more the officials who can provide feedback to us on this, but in terms of engagement from local authorities, do they see particular staff members being appointed to drive this? Is this something we will leave on the shelf. How will we drive it through with local authorities?