Mr. Robert Watt:

This is something on which we have spent much time over the past number of years in order to improve the register and have a better sense of what we own across the system. The Department of Justice and Equality has Garda stations, courthouses and old buildings and the Office of Public Works manages and has responsibility for keeping that register. There have been improvements. There is a website on which a person can view buildings owned by the State, some of which are not in use. It is an area that requires ongoing work.

The Land Development Agency has also done a significant piece of work, and it may make that available. It shows lands owned by the State that may have value in development potential for housing. It has done a very significant review over the past year or so. There is definitely an issue in parts of the country that may have suffered depopulation in towns.