Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Second, Members have heard reference to cutbacks and sell-offs with regard to Mr. McCarthy. However, another area could be examined that I raised with the Tánaiste only last Thursday. While I have yet to be able to secure the full information regarding the State's total commitment to ground rent, I believe it to be substantial, given the portfolio of properties that were advised to me in a reply to a recent parliamentary question. Would it not be appropriate to revisit the entire proposition behind the proposed to ground rent Bill, which rested for many years on the list of promised legislation but which has disappeared entirely off the Richter scale recently? Would this not be a worthwhile area to address now and to have the matter done and dusted once and for all in the interests of the State coffers and of individual private citizens-----

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