Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There would be very many - the majority of whom are upstanding - whose opinion proved to be completely correct. However, I am nervous that regulations laid down by the Department were being used by the legal profession in order to fast-track the conveyancing of property. Mr. O'Connor has said that will be addressed in this proposal and we await the result. I refer to the local authority planning enforcement officers who have not been sufficiently resourced either in the past, present or future, going on what I have read today. They need to be properly resourced to carry out their duties and that in itself would ensure there would be no more Priory Halls. Does Mr. O'Connor share my opinion? I would like to hear his view.