Ms AnnMarie Farrelly:

I will reassure the Senator that there are almost 1,000 ha of zoned land for housing in Fingal. That has the potential for 32,000 units. That is above our targets in the national planning framework and the regional strategies. We are working that through during the development plan process. We need to keep at least a ten year horizon in terms of land in our ownership that is suitable for our own development. That is the point I made earlier. All of our sites are currently in play, but we have a good strategy. We know the lands that are likely to come into play next.

In terms of land for sale in Fingal, that is continually under review. It is a dynamic situation that can change rapidly. We have good self-sustaining communities in Fingal, like the towns of north County Dublin, and the Dublin 15 area, which is more urban. The Senator is right when he said there are opportunities. We work through that as a public authority and we also try to activate land in private ownership. It is about using all the leverage available to us to activate that land. I mentioned a large land bank we are hopeful will be the next strategic land bank in Fingal. That is in Dunsink. There are a number of similar things in play, where we have a longer term horizon.