Mr. Declan Dunne:

Everybody here knows this but one is the choice-based letting system, where the tenant can select a property they are actually interested in so that when they go to it they are likely to find it suitable for themselves and their families. To allocate a property and have someone move into it, there could be a number of people visiting the same property who do not find it suitable. The choice-based letting system, which is adopted by a number of local authorities and which is a fantastic system on which they should be commended, means that the people who do apply are going to something they are likely to be interested in. That is the first one.

The only other thing we have discussed is starting earlier. Now, there is risk in here for us. Basically we know we have an expected date for delivery. Predicting housing completion is a hard enough job at the moment and, in fact, we build in a six-month fudge factor beyond what our architects tell us is actually going to be the date. We had a scheme in Bluebell recently and one in Charlestown, where we had 138 apartments and we saw a dramatic improvement in the allocation process. We worked really closely with Fingal County Council. We put our heads together and we came up with a combination of our staff and its staff working really closely. Some of our colleague organisations came to us asking how had we done it and what happened? There was no difference. Fingal and ourselves were just absolutely focused on one thing. If it needed resources and we had them, we shared them but we had a joint committee overlooking it. We were able to do that in a quarter of the time that we normally do. I do not think it is not rocket science but there is need for more focus on that.