Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not have the 2017 figures, but if we look at 2014, 15 properties were sold by public auction and none by private treaty. In 2015 that changed to ten by public auction and 19 by private treaty, and in 2016 there was only one by public auction and 18 by private treaty. There has certainly been a shift away, based on the information I have, from public auction to private treaty. Is this a policy decision or is it just the way things have panned out?