John Cummins (Fine Gael)
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Is the LDA set up to sell houses? This is the question I will put to Mr. Coleman. The experience I have had would suggest the organisation is not yet set up adequately to sell houses. I will give the example of Summerfields, not to be parochial but because it is the scheme I know best. Many months have gone by and there is no signage on the site to say there are homes for sale under the scheme. No sales agent was put in place to sell the houses. The LDA was relying on the council to do some marketing for the houses. The main marketing done on the scheme was a newsletter that I put out throughout the city. The biggest take-up through converting purchasers was due to interviews I did on local radio about it. At this moment in time, is the LDA is adequately set up to sell the 50 houses in Shanganagh and the other houses under Project Tosaigh?