Ms Madeleina Loughrey-Grant:

It is a mindset shift but Ireland has the lowest proportion of apartment living in Europe. If one looks at the unit targets we are trying to hit, there is no question that increasing apartment output needs to be in the mix. There is also a bigger picture that we have not touched on much today, which is the sustainability challenge we all have as well as the carbon targets we as a State, but also as companies and industry, are pursuing to build homes that are more sustainable and carbon efficient. When one looks at apartments, apartment complexes and solutions, there are increased efficiencies one can find from a sustainability perspective. A mindset shift is definitely needed. We have done some research on this. If you research around the public and choices around living in an apartment close to transport nodes and work with good facilities versus rural accommodation or accommodation away from transport links, there is increasingly a shift with younger people and key workers to want to live in apartment accommodation that is really well serviced.