In view of what the Minister has said — that the reason for the fewer house starts related to delays in the tendering process — will he explain how it is that a tender for house construction submitted by Dún Laoghaire Corporation in February 1987 to the Department has not yet been approved?

That is a separate question.

In view of the fact that so few houses have been started, when does the Minister intend to approve that tender?

That is a separate question.

I rather think that is what he might be getting at.

And you have the information too?

Of course I have.

So it is a related question?

It is a related question. There was a 25 house scheme, I believe, at Brookfield, Blackrock in the Deputy's area of Dún Laoghaire Corporation and it was approved to go to tender on 17 May 1989. It was agreed by all concerned that there was a necessity to co-ordinate the scheme with the remedial works scheme that was under way there as well. The tender proposal was not received in the Department until mid-November.

And it will start when?

Deputy Gilmore, we have already spent more than five minutes on one question. You have got the information you sought——

He got the real information.

——in the question. If the Deputy is not happy with that he will have to put down some question about Dún Laoghaire or other places later.

The information the Minister has just given is not accurate. I was referring to an earlier tender which had been submitted for 50 houses.

I have indicated that Deputy Eric Byrne is going to ask one question, as is Deputy Spring.