Ms AnnMarie Farrelly:

The Deputy will be aware of the SDZ in Hansfield in Fingal, which has delivered housing at pace, even in poor times, since 2014. It has probably been the highest deliverer of housing in Dublin and perhaps in the country. It works well but there was complexity in its establishment.

To some extent the SDZ suffered somewhat from the downturn as well. We did not have the opportunity or even the need to look at further SDZs. Where there is a large infrastructural requirement, the UDZ is essential just to plan that out and have all the stakeholders on message in regard to what is needed to activate the site. The SDZs have worked well. They are complex to deliver. They certainly work very well in the planning permission stage and increase the pace of decision because there is that full assessment on which to rely as the planning process is worked through. Again, the creation of SDZs is too slow but it is essential that the infrastructure is planned. We see this being done through the UDZ process.