Mr. Brian Geaney:

As the Senator has said, we now have what we call "right-sizing". Previously we had approved by the council, and we still have approved, a downsizing scheme. In this scheme to date we have gone out into the local community projects and promoted this scheme among private homeowners. Our councillors were really good and active in promoting the scheme in their own areas. Ultimately, when the expressions of interest were made, those were worked through. The right-sizing initiative has allowed us to go into other areas. Some of the Part 8 developments we had previously taken through the council have been difficult. We now have social housing in locations where the council would not otherwise have delivered social housing in those locations historically. We now have 35 units about to be completed in the Blackrock Road in Cork city. There would never have been social housing on Blackrock Road previously. There are also 24 units in Bishopstown Road. Again, these are all high demand areas.