Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

One of the areas in which the Government has had most success in recent years has been increasing housing supply. Perhaps the Minister will comment on a medium-term problem. The housing projects for which he is extending planning permission predate the 2000 Act. They are not, therefore, subject to the Part V provisions or the proposed levy. There is perhaps a danger that the building industry will concentrate on progressing those projects, which is well and good, and that new projects, which will be subject to somewhat more onerous conditions, will be neglected. The Minister might bear this in mind.