Mr. Conor O'Connell:

There is a myriad of answers to that in relation to derelicts sites, particularly in city centres. I will come back to that one. In relation to that site on the north side of Cork city, it is on slope, there is a main trunk water pipe that goes through it. It is possibly one of the most difficult sites in Ireland to develop. I do not know how many times the building has been set fire to at this stage. It is probably ready to fall down, yet there is a conservation order on it. It is an unbelievably tricky site to develop. That is just one answer. I do not know why. The Deputy mentioned at one stage UCC had it. It could not develop it. He mentioned a developer that went bust. It has had a sequence of issues with its development. Regarding city centres, an awful lot of the properties, as I understand it, are not with the development community. That is mainly, in many instances, smaller landowners where the title is at issue, where there exist other issues that people have passed and there are wills. There are all sorts of issues regarding title in city centre sites. It can be difficult. It should not be happening, and the Deputy makes a fair point around CPOs and the councils.

I know many councils are frustrated with the CPO process when they try to use it and maybe there is room for clearing that up as well for the smaller city centres.