Ms AnnMarie Farrelly:

A mixed-tenure site is more difficult to deliver than direct delivery. It is slower. Some of that delay is caused by public procurement. The Part 8 planning process is particularly efficient, so that works well. In getting from site following a Part 8, I estimate it takes a year to 15 months. That is quite efficient compared to a private development. It is easier to go in and build social units directly without the mixed tenure part, but it is not necessarily the right thing to do. Mr. McLoughlin mentioned some big areas of land. Similarly, in Fingal, we have sites that can take about 1,000 units. One example is Donabate, which is 1,000 units on public lands and a combination private, social and some cost-rental units. That is financed by private finance, which adds additional complexity.

It is in the planning system at present. We anticipate it will go to site soon thereafter but it can take up to three or four years for that scheme to be brought through development. Much of the work is hidden and not understood. In the case of Church Fields we have moved to another site of 1,000 units. We will get on site with 300 of those by the end of next year. The Part 8 process is a two to three year process. That is why we keep all our sites in play and try to move different sites at different stages of development.