James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

I thank Deputy Ó Muirí. The LDA is absolutely essential to housing delivery by the State, and its capacity to deliver has been increasing quite significantly. In terms of community support, it works very closely with local communities and we see very good examples of this. It is up to the Government on a wider level to ensure elements such as primary care centres are located in the areas of need. The HSE will follow populations and need. It has our numbers and we work closely with the Department of Health to ensure that the facilities that are needed follow. As Deputy Ó Muirí knows, this can vary quite substantially with healthcare. My county has a very large older population retiring down there, which puts an additional need on our healthcare services.

I can get Deputy Ó Muirí details on individual LDA projects but I would not be able to speak on a particular individual project.