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

Regarding the banks, they are being sorted out in the sense that the State is taking properties off them. We are talking about reputable AHBs in this context, so surely to God a mechanism should have been set up with the banks to ensure this process was fast-tracked. The State was sorting out a problem for the banks and getting vacant properties used. In that context, surely there should be a more effective way of dealing with this.