John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a question for the CIF in that respect. We did have such a model in the form of the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, which was introduced for exactly that reason but it did not really work. Why did that not work? Some LIHAF schemes were developed, one of which is in my own county of Waterford at Kilbarry. The Land Development Agency, LDA, is building on the site and there is also private development there. However, there is another LIHAF site in Waterford that was not developed and has no prospect of being developed and that is reflected around the country as well. Why did LIHAF not work?