Mr. Eddie Taaffe:

I suppose some of this will fall under the Town Centre First policy, which has been ramped up. The Chair would have heard earlier from the Housing Agency that it is giving supports to local authorities to compulsory service order, CPO, properties and get them back into productive residential use. That is being ramped up. It is difficult and time consuming work, but it is work that local authorities are up for. As part of the housing delivery action plans, we ask local authorities to specify the number, that is, an internal target, of how many buy and renew properties they would intend to bring on stream in the lifetime of the plan. We have asked them to highlight that as a delivery stream so that we can keep an eye on it and make sure that the correct amount of buy and renew and brownfield restoration projects are incorporated into their plans. That will feed into Town Centre First and also the Croí Cónaiithe scheme, which is under Housing for All. These will hopefully stimulate brownfield or infill development in town centres.