Mr. Paul Lemass:

We are working with the universities, and the universities are the ones that best understand the nature of the demand and are, in many cases, in the best position to respond to it, either themselves or working with others. Our approach heretofore has not been with the local authorities, although we do bring the local authorities into the process. We do an annual set of engagements around the country. We go and visit five locations around the country every year to discuss capital works with ETBs, higher education institutes and local authorities. We bring local authority planners to those engagements so that they are in at the ground floor, if you will. This year we went to Waterford, Tralee, Galway, Tullamore and Dublin. We did five other locations last year and five others the year before. The whole purpose is to make sure that universities and local authorities have a clear understanding of each other’s priorities and that the local authorities, which know the local areas very well, can intervene and support the university in developing accommodation. Heretofore, that is as far as it has gone.