Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, it was very good in fairness to all concerned. Category C is correspondence related to private individuals and other correspondence. No. 758C is correspondence dated 14 September from the Secretary General, Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, regarding the purchase of lands by Galway City Council at Keeraun, County Galway. The correspondence includes a report undertaken by the Local Government Audit Service that there was no evidence that the council was aware of the purchase price associated with previous sales of the land. Mr. McCarthy confirmed that a revised set of procedures governing local authority land purchases will be put in place later this year and issues included in the audit report will be taken into account in finalising these new procedures.

I am also requesting that we write to the Department asking them to send us a copy of these revised procedures when they are going to issue them to local authorities. Is that agreed? Agreed.