Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge the Deputy's contribution in Midleton. I have been there. The community was exceptionally patient. We wanted to have an IPP scheme announced and up and running. We wanted it to be easy to operate and to have no cost to either the homeowners or businesses. We have followed up with Cork County Council on the particular matter the Deputy raised. We would like to see it being done case by case. The original scheme was based on specific units. The Deputy will appreciate that, for value for money, we had to design it in a way where people came forward with the specific number involved. Many applications came in. Cork County Council has committed to us that it will look at the measure when it processes the main scheme. We will have a further follow-up with it. If the number of houses involved is not enormous, maybe it is something that we can do on a case-by-case basis. I give that commitment, that we will go back to Cork County Council about that. There is a reassurance that it will be looked at when the council processes the main applications. We might do a further body of work to see how many are involved and whether it can be done on a case-by-case basis even at this particular moment.