Paula Butterly (Louth, Fine Gael)

The CPO process seems to be a huge barrier.

I was reminded that ten years ago, I was living in another country and not aware of it, but I remember it being said that there was hesitancy among local authorities to go in hard and fast with CPO projects. I always used to ask what the delay was and would hear a myriad of excuses or reasons for the delay. Perhaps there was an ongoing probate. Perhaps the local authority was unable to find the owner. There are powers there to allow local authorities to give reasonable notice and then execute a CPO. Do the witnesses still see that as a barrier overall?