Ms Laura Behan:

Along with my affordable housing team within the Department, I have engaged extensively with Dublin City Council as part of our work to try to make those particular schemes in Ballymun viable and affordable. We are constantly working with the council to try to operate within the framework of the sanction scheme and to try to find ways to make very challenging sites work. They are challenging in a number of respects, sometimes because of abnormal site costs and sometimes because the market value of the houses in the area makes it very challenging to deliver at affordable prices.