Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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I am talking about assisting property owners. When the property owner or the person entitled to the property engaged with the local authority, the local authority would make a compulsory purchase order and sell the property back to that person at a cost. I have seen this approach being used effectively by Cork City Council. I am not necessarily saying that a local authority should take on responsibility for carrying out repairs and the like afterwards, but it would sort out the title difficulty, which would then allow the individual to invest money and bring the property into use.