Mr. Robert Burns:

We will have to come back to the Senator about some of the data. There is quite a lot of detail. On our overall housing list numbers, there are almost 14,000 - 13,811 to be precise. The Fingal approved applicant figure on that list is 6,292. It is growing. I will come back to the Senator about the time on the list. I do not want to give an incorrect figure. The Senator asked what the impact of the social housing 10% limit increase would be. We can come back to the Senator about that to see what the impact might be.

On the cost-rental demand, in Fingal we have projected affordable housing delivery of over 3,000 during that timeframe, which is a mix of purchase and cost-rental. We are looking at around 2,000 cost-rental, I think, over that timeline. It is hard to put a measure on demand. The criteria may be slightly different for the approved housing bodies. There is no local authority in this space delivering cost-rental yet. It remains to be seen how soon this may operate in practice. On the number of families presenting as homeless, there were 568 as of 18 October this year. We have 180 families overholding on notice to quit, that we are aware of. I referred in my earlier answer to how we are assessing or dealing with those expressions of interest. Generally speaking, people selling the property will approach us. They contact us and we provide the information. We also get that information from tenants or through our HAP processes. We would also consider it where a tenant may be at risk of homelessness but we have not gotten direct contact from the landlord. Everything is on a case-by-case basis. We are conscious that by not dealing with it we may be dealing with a homeless situation that impacts our services elsewhere. It is something we are giving careful consideration to. There are vulnerable families in need. It is getting high priority from us, particularly over the winter months.