Mr. John Brannigan:

There are 48 properties on the derelict sites register in Longford but five of them will be removed because people have done work on them. None of these properties would be registered to Longford County Council but we would keep a record of any vacant or derelict property on our system and would deal with them in a prompt manner. We would have acquired some derelict properties to acquire a land bank and would have dealt with them demolition. They will go through a Part 8 process to build new properties.