Mr. Frank Curran:

I think it is. In terms of Shanganagh in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, the tenders are being assessed for 600 units, 200 social and 400 cost rental, and 100 affordable purchase. The Central Mental Hospital planning scheme will be launched this week. All the units are social and affordable. A land bank is being assembled around Colbert Street station in Limerick. Examples of social and affordable units are also coming through in Skerries and Kildare. There are some early wins there.

The Land Development Agency is also involved in advance purchase and it has a call out for that in terms of providing affordable units, similar to the approved housing bodies, although on a larger scale of 150 units or more. There has been an impact; there is no question about that. There is considerable co-operation between the LDA and local authorities. The directors of services in housing departments really need to know what the AHBs and LDA in their county are doing and try to co-ordinate that in terms of the demand for social, affordable and cost rental housing.