Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

They are worth a lot more now and they are generating an income.

I will come back to Deputy Flaherty when he is finished his Dáil duties. The next slot is mine. Last night, when we were debating the planning Bill, it was all going really well until we got into major discussions about one-off rural housing and it descended into some strange, bizarre, entertaining, if you want to call it that, late-night discussions. I am looking at the latest figures from the Office of the Planning Regulator. The number of one-off houses in 2022 was approximately 7,000. It is about 40% of houses built. One of the questions I have is about the one-off rural housing guidelines. We have been waiting a considerable amount of time for them. Several Ministers now have been through that Department. Will the Minister of State give us an update on the current status of the one-off rural housing guidelines?