Mr. John McCarthy:

I will try to deal with those comments. I am conscious that the Minister will come back to pillars 1 and 2. Deputy Casey has momentarily left the room, but yes, we have said we will address the issue of the second period of extension as part of a further legislative amendment in the planning and development Bill before the Oireachtas at present. It was scheduled, I think, for the week before last and did not get in but it is now in the indicative schedule for next week. If time permits in the Seanad, our objective would be to try to get it in and out of the Seanad as quickly as possible, obviously allowing the Seanad the time to consider it. That is in hand and I hope the Bill will get into and out of Report Stage in the Dáil next week.

Regarding LIHAF projects and State lands, I think Senator Murnane O'Connor referred to the fact that not every local authority secured LIHAF funding. That is the case, but my recollection is - and I am subject to correction on this - that not every local authority actually applied for funding. I think 21 of the 31 local authorities applied.