Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

I will be brief. This underlines what we have been saying from the outset about this legislation. We want to know when the commencement takes place and the authority is up and running, what resources and personnel will be available to it, whether timescales are envisaged and the work is mapped out. Have the resources been earmarked and obtained from the Minister for Finance to do this? It is extremely important for the health of the nation to deal efficiently with property and land sales. We do not want to see another Act sitting on the books without the proper resources, and therefore useless, and all our time here wasted.

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