Mr. Coil?n O'Reilly:

A lot of the sites, certainly those in Dublin city, are larger and more complex and are apartments, so it is a matter of the complexity of delivery. In recent times I have been engaging with a private developer on Part V in the north city. The developer was very happy to be able to deliver 400-odd apartments in three years and seven months from planning through to completion. We have to remember that the delivery of apartments is a long and complex process. That private developer did not have to go through all the process we have to go through with regard to the four-stage process, business plans, feasibility studies and procurement. I understand the frustration - the frustration is ours as well - but these projects do take a lot of time, and apartment complexes are particularly complex to deliver. The number of things that can go wrong is also much higher when delivering apartment complexes rather than houses.