David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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I wish to return to the issue of the CPO process. In his response, Mr. Gleeson stated that he prefers voluntary arrangements but they invariably end up as a CPO process anyway. My understanding, from talking to people on the ground, is that the system is not satisfactory. Can he outline how the voluntary arrangements work? Who sits down with the landowner, for instance, in the Midleton scheme, where many developers control the land that is required, along with others? How does it work? Who sits down with the landowners and tells them they want to CPO the land and get a wayleave on the land, for instance? Who asks them if they will sign up to it and how much compensation they require? Who does that in the first instance?