Mr. John Coleman:

The LDA is probably the main or the only State body that directly builds itself. We would engage building contractors on the direct delivery sites. We would not be competing with AHBs on that.

In relation to dealing with house builders, we engage with the Department extensively in terms of visibility and what is coming through from house builders so that there can be no situation that State-funded bodies can be played off against each other. We would take a very dim view on that. The protection that we think is very beneficial is running competitive processes when acquiring from the market through house-builder partnerships.