Séamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

I understand. Ultimately they may not be subject to a CPO if movement happens. Going back to my point, the vast majority of vacant properties are sitting there without consequence. A reply I received to a parliamentary question indicated that the vacant homes tax is applied in respect of approximately 3,000 properties; the derelict sites register is somewhere around the same order. I take Ms Behan's point that 11,000 have commenced on the CPO but it is still a small fraction of the overall number of vacant properties. Unless we address that issue, it is all very fine giving grants and carrots but there have to be consequences. One of the opening statements referred to the social responsibility of property owners. There absolutely is a social responsibility but unless we provide high levels of enforcement, when only a fraction of property owners are actually paying a levy, tax or consequence for leaving a property vacant, I do not think we are going to fully address the vacancy issue.