Mr. Gordon Daly:

Yes. One of the reasons we may have been successful in Limerick is that when we established a team for this in 2017, we identified the key measures needed to be successful in it. One of them was having a dedicated cross-organisational team in place. Limerick City and County Council also committed €1 million from its own resources back in 2017 and ring-fenced that money as a revolving fund to begin the work on that process. This was critical to our getting going and being successful in this area. That has been replicated through the URDF for all local authorities. That intervention is very significant because it de-risks the process. These are not free properties. If they are compulsorily acquired by the council the owners must be compensated at market value.