Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I was looking at one or two projects we had before. When I was on the council we dealt with ones in Ballingarry and various other areas where there had been no registered owner of the property for 50 or 60 years. We were trying to go back through the process, and people trying to build or buy homes were waiting for the CPO process to come together. I know the councils probably have some troublesome cases such as that, but it is good to see that dereliction is starting to turn the corner.

As for listed buildings, I will use Kilmallock, a 14th-century town, as an example. We are looking at trying to get over-shop units and other properties back into the market in order that we can house people. Seeing as we have only Tom Cassidy and Sarah McCutcheon on that side of it, is that a side we need to staff more to get listed properties turned over faster in order that we can get the iconic buildings separated and then the buildings we can turn back into housing back into the market faster?