Mr. Daniel McLoughlin:

I hope my answer is not too constrained, but my understanding is that ministerially and governmentally, one is confined to enshrining something by way of guidelines rather than legal provision. One cannot stipulate the development of housing for a particular category or profile of person. Whether it would be the development planning guidelines or the residential density guidelines, that would be the area to look at for assessment. When we looked at it, we felt as a local authority that the furthest we could go was to put in place a proactive policy within our development plan encouraging that type of scenario. Getting your arms around someone and forcing them to do it is an entirely different proposition, as the Deputy knows.