Mr. Gordon Daly:

Certainly, in the past 12 months we have again ramped up our collection of levies. We are also applying interest on levies, which can be done under the Derelict Sites Act. We are now applying interest to the levies, which is allowed under legislation. Our main focus is to get properties back into reuse. Collection and imposition of levies is a useful part of the carrot and stick approach and a useful tool to have. We are finding that if people are not paying the levy they are not engaging, if they are not engaging the property is staying derelict, and if the property is staying derelict we are moving to compulsorily acquire it.