On the same subject, developers often want fast-track processes but, once permissions are granted, they keep coming back seeking higher heights, densities and so on. The Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, held a consultation on strategic housing development, to which I made a submission proposing that he end that process and return to democratic planning.

The Minister has talked about use it or lose it measures and has mentioned all kinds of dramatic moves to increase housing output. Is he serious about any of this? Will he bring forward any legislation? Is it not time to get rid of the strategic housing development, SHD, system that has failed? It has failed because two thirds of the sites with permission still have not been built on. Developers are still hoarding land. That is the key point. Will the Minister try to stop land hoarding by bringing forward urgent legislation?

Land hoarding is something we have to tackle. That is why I more than doubled the vacant site levy-----

But the Minister has not done it.

-----when I was appointed as Minister. When it comes to fast-track planning, it has been successful in the delivery of thousands of homes. A number of sites have not been developed yet and that is why we are bringing forward the proposals for use it or lose it planning permission. In tandem with that, we are extending out the SHD process until the end of 2021, and in tandem with that, we are allowing for a greater degree of public consultation, recognising the fact that some communities feel they are not having enough of a say and recognising the fact we cannot see unnecessary delays to the development of large-scale housing where it is desperately needed.