Mr. John O'Connor:

I thank the Deputy for his questions. On the Skerries and Balbriggan sites, the Skerries site is 7 ha. It is constrained. There are issues in terms of infrastructure and services for that site. Fingal County Council had a local area plan carried out for it. It had planned to build 100 homes initially on part of that site ahead of getting further infrastructure in place. The plans were at an advanced stage. The Land Development Agency is coming into position with the expectation of trying to develop the complete site and all the homes. The Deputy is correct that Fingal County Council had got that to an advanced stage. The possibility with the Land Development Agency is with the complete site. The Balbriggan site is at Castlelands - the Hampton land - which is a large site of 24 ha. Fingal County Council has been working for many years on a master plan for that site and is still setting out that master plan to get it approved by the members. The council was at an advanced stage of planning on it. In terms of delivering a site on that scale, an organisation like the LDA which has the funding to provide the infrastructure and so on may be the best way to deliver it. However, without the LDA, Fingal County Council would be in a position to start.