Mr. Pat Doyle:

If we take a town like Monasterevin, we undertook a survey there on behalf of Kildare County Council. We came across 204 vacant homes. When we took out those houses included under the fair deal nursing home scheme, those that were the subject of a dispute and those owners who were just not interested, we were then down to about 24 or 30 houses. Having the keys to 24 or 30 houses in every community and town like Monasterevin, however, could get us to the required numbers of homes. It will not be possible to get the numbers in one go, but it will be possible-----