Mr. Stewart Logan:

They are but again they are feeding into a local situation. It is very much a question of the prioritisation of those projects where one has perhaps, as the Chairman said, some activity in the private market around housing which should co-ordinate with what is available from the Department of Transport in respect of those. A normal stock in trade for local authorities' functions is improving footpaths, public lighting and road maintenance. Our piece is probably the larger one, which is the public realm piece, where there is a new plaza or a significant investment which may involve repurposing or reinvesting in the water infrastructure that is under that road. That can also be a co-ordination piece. There is good practice.

The point was made earlier around the data that is involved in this dereliction, which has to be considered. However, there is also a piece about best practice. That is certainly something we want the Town Centre First national co-ordination office to do and to be aware of.

As Ms Graham mentioned, there is good practice around the making of compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, in terms of the use of the Derelict Sites Act in Waterford and Limerick. That is such an exchange because there is not a form for it at the moment and we are contacted constantly by individuals within the local authorities who ask how this is being done elsewhere. I know it is being done elsewhere but what is the form? We want that to be built on and to provide that communication and best practice exchange between local authorities so they are able to build on good practice elsewhere and, certainly, to see more of it.