Ms Annette Aspell:

I thank Senator Martin for his questions. We did not include cost-rental provision in our initial housing delivering action plan. We were mindful that approved housing bodies were delivering such provision in the county. They have done so successfully to date and we hope that will continue. In addition, then LDA is planning to deliver cost-rental housing in Naas, as the Senator knows. When we have our affordable housing team in place at the beginning of next year, I would like it to have a look at this area. We need to do some research before we determine what such delivery will look like for us. We certainly will push on with affordable acquisition in the meantime and we do not discount cost-rental delivery. We certainly will look at it.

On dereliction, I mentioned that we are setting up a town regeneration team within the housing department, which will involve a significant piece of work for that team. It will build on the buy and renew, repair and release and Croí Cónaithe schemes and the town regeneration fund. All of those aspects will come together within the team and we will drive on with that next year. We might discuss offline the particular property the Senator referenced, if that is okay.