Mr. David Silke:

In regard to Cobh, the area designated as Cobh is much bigger than the town of Cobh and goes up around the north of Cork city. As the Deputy knows, Cork was designated as a rent pressure zone. We put forward Ballincollig and Cobh as the two areas as they would form a doughnut around Cork city. The rents in Cobh are higher than the rents in Louth, according to the data we had at the time. As the Deputy knows, Cobh did not meet the designation criteria.