Mr. Gavin Reid:

The Senator asked about need. We have six schemes, as the Senator will be aware. Dalkey is unique because most of the residents in Dalkey would be downsizing. In other schemes, most people are from local authority housing lists. Each scheme has an allocations committee that assesses the need in conjunction with our obligations under our mortgage agreements. It differs from scheme to scheme, but it would be determined by our mortgage arrangements.

As I said, Dalkey is unique. It is out of mortgage and much of it was built using our private funds so, therefore, we run a private list. An allocations committee assesses the need before an offer is made.

In terms of pricing, I believe the Senator may have been referring to the prices we charge our residents.