Ms Caroline Curley:

As regards the 17 ha, we hope to fit in 410 units there. With regard to the Guinness site, we had been moving ahead to develop that ourselves but when the Colbert Station plan came out, we put it with that because we figured it would make a better holistic job of the whole thing. Realistically, it is there. We are pushing the LDA on it but it will probably be close to 2026 before we see the outcome. We have preliminary plans showing how that can be done but it will involve the Guinness site plus the CIÉ lands.

There are a lot of complicating factors before we would be able to say exactly what year or when it will come to fruition. If it is not within the Housing for All period, it will be into the next one. We will work on it. We have signed a mutual agreement with the LDA to work together. I assure the Senator we will put the LDA under pressure to move the project forward as quickly as possible.

In regard to tenants in situin 2022, we are notified of quite a number of notices to quit. Some people manage to find other places. I understand there are currently 22 notices to quit where people are looking at homelessness and in 17 cases landlords have agreed to work with us to purchase the properties. The types of difficulties are the conditions of the properties and having the proper paperwork. Landlords may have issued a notice to advise tenants they are selling a property but do not have the paperwork in place to make sure it was done correctly.

We have found that if people are genuinely trying to sell, they are willing to work with us because they want to look after their tenants if they have been good tenants. I cannot say anything about getting this right or the need to change something. Rather, it is a case of working with each individual case as it comes in.