Ms Caroline Timmons:

For now, we just need to see what the projections are into the future, and what we might need. We can look at that again closer to the time. We have funding and numbers in place for the next few years, but obviously there will be an openness to look at more if that is necessary at that point. It is possibly too early to make decisions yet, but we will see where we go on that.

I might mention in relation to cost rental delivery, that we were very happy to see the numbers of cost rentals coming through. We had 684 units delivered in 2022, and that is up from 65 the previous year, so one can start to see a real cost rental policy being put into place for real people. That has been very good to see as well. We have had it across the board in a number of counties, like Kildare, which has done very well, as have south Dublin, Dún Laoghaire, Cork city and Fingal. These areas have all seen Respond and Clúid doing a fantastic job through the approved housing body, AHB, so we are very much thankful for the partnership with the AHBs on that front. We have also recently seen local development association, LDA delivery in their first cost rental units in Wicklow and Citywest, so that has been great to see coming forward. The proof of the concept is now there, and people are living in homes with stable rents and assured tenancies. That is a really important development.