Mr. Patrick Coyle:

Oaklee Housing was established in Dublin in 2000 and has 700 units under management. We have ambitions to provide a further 700 homes over the next three years. We are a member of the Choice Housing Ireland Group, which is primarily based in the North and has more than 10,000 units of housing under management. The benefit of us being a member of the group is that we have many professional resources, for example, stock management. Senator Murnane O'Connor asked how quickly repairs would be made. We conduct a regular stock condition survey. Many of our new technical resources have allowed us to maintain and respond to our tenants quickly.

Regarding Deputy O'Dowd's question on vacant homes, we are working with the Housing Agency to purchase properties that were vacant in County Louth as well as in Dublin and a number of other counties around the country. It is a time-consuming process because the houses must be brought up to a standard at which they can provide a suitable home. We must recognise that significant work is involved in doing that and in ensuring that what we provide is safe and secure.

In terms of the question on-----