Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

On that, are we not at a huge disadvantage compared to somewhere like the Netherlands, for example, where there is active land management by the local or municipal authority? Dutch authorities assemble land banks, put in some of the infrastructure up front, and then use the sale of the land back to builders for housing to fund that. The way we do it effectively means there is no active land management. There is only the hope of putting in infrastructure, including community facilities, afterwards. Is that not a key problem here? We can have great plans and aspirations but the delivery, because we are not doing active land management, is where it falls down. Is that correct?