Mr. Dennis Keeley:

It is less of a problem in the recent past than historically. That is for multiple reasons. The Deputy is absolutely right. When a vacant property burns, you can bet your bottom dollar that it is going to become habitual if intervention does not take place. That is where you have antisocial behaviour. There are a number of aspects associated with that fire. We have a good relationship with the various local authorities, which generally do a good job of shoring up properties. Preventing access to the building as much as possible goes a long way to preventing that long-term damage. It is certainly something that has reduced in Dublin in recent years. One of the advantages for us is local knowledge. If there are buildings that are habitually set on fire, usually local crews are aware of that. Where we can, we make them aware of it. Accessing a building such as that has unique hazards. Where we have knowledge that floors may be missing or partially missing, for example, we would try to get that level of intelligence to crews where we can. The biggest benefit is early and adequate shoring to prohibit and prevent access and malicious damage to the building.