Mr. Eddie Taaffe:

The pre-let repairs is €11,000, but you can see the amount of money we put into them ourselves. It is important to remember that when a social house comes back, it is not unreasonable to replace a 25-year-old or 30-year-old kitchen or an oil-fired boiler with a modern, efficient boiler, and replace all the plumbing and electrical fixtures. That costs money. Part of the reason for the delays is that we want to do those works while the house is empty because it is not feasible to do them if you have a young family in them, for example, and you want to do a full rewiring. That is why we do it then, because it is less inconvenient and quicker to do it.