Mr. Ivan Grimes:

I listened with interest to Ms Murphy's presentation and thought there were some good ideas in it. Anything that can improve the data we have and which we can utilise is worth exploring. We looked at data sources a number of years ago, starting with the census. The problem with the census is that it gives information on an area but it does not give addresses. Even going beyond that, and I think a number of contributions have referenced this point, the knowledge that a property is vacant does not tell one who owns it, why it is vacant and what are the other issues around it. It would be worth exploring.