Mr. Patrick Sweetman:

I thank Deputy Ó Broin for listening so intently to what I was saying. I think he picked up everything. I will be brief in trying to respond to the points. The same comments apply to the discounted price with regard to vacant houses. CPOs can be used and vacant houses can be acquired but it would be far better to go to the owner of the building and negotiate a purchase than to use a CPO. They will be freely available if they are unproductive and sitting as vacant units because in most cases, there is no reason the person who currently owns them would not want to sell them and get a return.