Ms Dearbhla Lawson:

I thank the Senator for the question. The land she is talking about, around St. Fintan's Hospital – that is the site, indeed – was identified in the 2025 report on relevant public land. The purpose of that report is to identify land that could have potential for housing. It is quite a significant site, amounting to 28 ha. It is HSE owned and currently zoned for community, educational and institutional use, with open space. At present, the zoning is not appropriate for housing but that is the sort of thing that could be examined through the development plan process, working with the local authority. That is exactly the kind of thing on which we could link in with the local authority to discuss with it the opportunities for the site going forward. "Moderately constrained" means there may be some infrastructural or access issues and that the zoning has to be addressed, but that could potentially come forward in phases over the next ten to 15 years, or sooner, depending on the level of constraint. However, one would need to go through an exercise to consider the feasibility and due diligence.