Ms Jackie Maguire:

Setting targets is always good. We are making traction in some cases where we would not have done so in the past. Particularly for private owners, it is more about offering a carrot that will encourage them to invest their own money as well as whatever State aid can be given to them. An important consideration is the level of control and influence the local authority could have. Setting targets is always good, as I said, but we need to be sure we can achieve them and be realistic about what we are doing. As a sector, we certainly would be interested in working with the committee on how realistic targets could be set and achieved.