John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

Deputies have raised important points. Deputy Ciarán Lynch's point on Adamstown is particularly good. This year, a new local government service indicator will be introduced to provide benchmark data in 2009 for monitoring the taking in charge process. Priority will be accorded by individual authorities to the taking in charge of unfinished or legacy estates.

While my circular will address the situation from now on, our legacy problem dates back many years and must be dealt with. Housing estates springing up all over the country is a Celtic tiger phenomenon. What has occurred in terms of planning and letting down so many individual house owners is disgraceful.

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