Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Does Ms Graham not accept that there are two problems major problems here? First, there is an environmental issue, where there is no-one actually in charge of maintaining these facilities. Second, people have purchased houses and paid a substantial amount for them but they are now in a situation where if anything goes wrong on the estate, the local authority will not do anything for them. They are taxpayers, they have paid substantial amounts for their houses, and the local authority received contributions from the developer at the time these estates were built. Can we prioritise this issue? The way we are going now, I will still be asking the same question in 15 years at the rate it is going at the moment. Does the Department accept that the way it is being managed is not appropriate?