Conor Sheehan (Limerick City, Labour)

I thank the witnesses. My question relates to what Professor Norris said about the LDA. How concerned is she about the focus of the LDA moving away from what it was set up to do originally, which was to manage land, and it now morphing into a developer? On empowering the LDA to require State agencies to transfer land, how would that work in practice? Will Professor Norris quantify that in terms of the land transfer process? I ask because we have had huge issues in Limerick with this. If the process was streamlined, would she be able to quantify how that would impact the timeline for delivery?

On the over-reliance on turnkey units, is there data on the impacts that this is having on price inflation? Is that quantifiable? I ask because it comes up an awful lot, in that people feel that they are constantly competing with the State when trying to buy a property in the private sector. I see that the Minister is looking at possibly expanding the remit of the LDA to develop market price homes on State land. In my view, he should be reducing the over-reliance on turnkey as a method for delivering social housing.