Ms Elaine Houlihan:

I thank the Senator for the question. I am sure he is not going to enjoy our answer as it is not in bullet points and is not nice and concise. First, I concur with the IFA on the comments on local needs. I would question the statistics in regard to dereliction in Ireland because people themselves have to register the building as derelict in some areas. I would not stand over those figures. The big take-home here is that we want homes, and I think everybody is now saying “homes” rather than “houses” or “properties”. I am going to hand over to Ms Farrell and Mr. Curran. Ms Farrell has a few bullet points, so the Senator might be happy with that.