Mr. Conor O'Connell:

I will not talk about any specific site, town or area but to give an example, we conducted our own analysis on some of the aspects and implications of the national planning framework and the tight zoning regulatory process. We published a report with KPMG Future Analytics with a review of the population and housing needs for counties Wicklow and Kildare. I will use the example of Kildare. With regard to the average household size, there is divergence between the national planning framework figures and the actual population growth that is taking place. In 2021, there could be between 290,843 persons and 263,677 persons. That is the level of divergence between the national planning framework and the actual population growth that is taking place in Kildare. Obviously that has implications for the housing need and demand. The draft Kildare county development plan 2023-28 sets a housing supply target of 9,144 homes. It is a significant divergence from what is actually happening-----