Mr. Jim Baneham:

The Deputy is correct that leasing of land is not new. It is one of the ways to ensure a certain level of control is retained over the use of the land. With regard to the agency site in Stepaside, called Enniskerry Road, it was provided to the two approved housing bodies on the basis of a 150-year lease. There are covenants in the lease requiring cost rental dwellings to be such dwellings for a period of at least 70 years. As mentioned, it is a means by which the State can provide land but restrict how is used in the future.