Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Mahon, Mr. Brannigan and the chief executive of Mayo County Council and the director of housing to the meeting. I will stick to pretty short concise questions based on their submissions before us today. Rather than having a load of questions and answers, I will be concise and I hope the witnesses will be able to be concise in their replies. I will touch on Longford first. In his opening statement, Mr. Mahon said that Part V delivery is entirely dependent on the level of construction activity. We all know that. That relates to the private housing sector. Mr. Mahon said there are 17 approved planning applications that can deliver up to 50 Part V homes. That is good. What is the story about those planning applications? Has Mr. Mahon a date and timeline for a commencement matter? Are these stuck in the system? Are developers walking away? Are they not incentivised to develop these? What is the impediment? Why are these not up and running? Has Mr. Mahon any indication of when they will be up and running or commencing?