Mr. John Coleman:

For procurement reasons, we do not get into design changes in the current phase of Project Tosaigh. We would reject those schemes that we did not feel had sufficient placemaking, or that were not attractive schemes in that they were not, for instance, properly energy-rated. We look at everything through the lens of sustainability and EU taxonomy. It is no longer optional to have sustainability characteristics associated with the stock that we build directly and acquire ourselves. That is why we have gone with the passive house standard out in Shanganagh, which is Europe's largest passive house scheme. It makes financial sense as well. It costs a certain amount of money per additional home to ensure there is airtightness and other things that apply to passive houses. It may be a qualitative factor as opposed to a materials factor, as in ensuring the build quality and common areas are airtight. It costs a bit more but one will get it back over the operational costs of the scheme through reduced energy costs. We look through all of that.

Also from the sustainability perspective, for instance, our scoring with regard to the second phase of Project Tosaigh will be very significantly on price but also on quality of location. Is it adjacent to public transport? Is it, in the case of Dublin, on a Luas line? All of those things will be factors in our decision-making and ultimately the ranking of the schemes that we progress with.