Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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No problem. The second thing is tenant in situ. Obviously, there have been significant net cuts in the funding available for social housing acquisitions this year compared with what was spent last year. I know each local authority is going through the assessment of what I call the overhang, which are the applications from 2024 that were paused. However, it seems there is a sizeable number of applications that are now falling foul of the new rules. Since Ms Leech is in my own local authority, maybe I can ask her this. Last year, there were 102 tenant in situ applications in South Dublin County Council. Colm Ward, the chief executive, told a meeting of TDs earlier this year that there was an overhang somewhere in the region of 70 or 72 that could not progress until the funding and circular were given by the Department. That has now happened. I understand that of those 70 odd, approximately 40 are still under consideration. Will Ms Lynch confirm if my numbers are correct? If they are, does that mean that 30 that are not progressing? Are they all progressing because of the new rules? Does she have a breakdown? Maybe in some of them the landlords just pulled out or there were changes in conveyancing. We are trying to get a sense, first, of what the actual quantum of the cut is. South Dublin will be purchasing less than half this year of what it purchased last year. We are also trying to see how many people are losing out because of the new rules. Will she provide clarity on that?