Ms AnnMarie Farrelly:

We got some land at good value ten years ago through the land aggregation scheme. That worked quite well. Some of that land remained in our ownership and more of it was transferred to the Housing Agency. I did not answer the Deputy's point about zoned or unzoned land. We are in a good position to know where land is suitably located for housing so we should consider unzoned land as well. In our case, we have been able to avail of any opportunity that has arisen up to now in terms of land purchase.

I want to mention our town centres where there is considerable opportunity for in-fill and brownfield sites. For example, in Balbriggan, we have assembled some sites that will deliver housing in the centre of the town. It would be ideal if some of those funds were forward funded in order to assist us.