Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that and it is quite a workload for the local authorities to chase down all of those activation measures. It is better to engage with the owner than to just slap a tax on them. I would prefer the view to be “We could achieve something better here” rather than “We are going to penalise you.”

I am looking for the figures for Limerick for 2020. Limerick seems to have the best record in terms of acquisition and compulsory purchase orders, CPOs. The levies for Limerick amounted to €280,000, but the amount received is only €15,000. That almost reflects the national picture, where it is only collecting less than 10%.