Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. That concept of mixed tenure is very crucial. I represent Ballymun and Finglas and we know building mono-tenure and mono-income, particularly low-income, is not the way forward. However, sometimes the complexity of the mixed tenure and mixed income provides a real challenge for local authorities to get their head around and get implementation. What I believe the AHBs are saying, and I will come back to them in a moment, is that the current funding model is providing some difficulty in terms of delivery. The social housing funding stream seems to be up and running, well done. Is the same there for the cost rental? Are the numbers Ms Geraghty provided - and to be fair, they are the well-known numbers – the extent of our current ambition in the area of cost rental? Given that people exit the waiting list and social housing income bracket so early now, and cost rental is identified as a solution for people who above those income limits, I do not believe that we have the full extent of the ambition in the cost rental space.

My question is the same for the AHBs. Everyone is talking about cost rental. We have talked about cost rental for a long time. It is actually now on the books; it is here. Is anybody actually taking it up with any gusto? I do not yet see those numbers. If the answer is no, then the answer is no, and we need to know that. I do not see the scale in the cost rental space.

I saw Ms Loftus grimace a little bit in my first round of questions when I talked about cost rental. Perhaps I might give her an opportunity to come in first and then Mr. Taaffe or Ms Geraghty.