Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

The Deputy is unique in that regard. What I announced last year will bring back into vogue the sentiments he expressed about how we needed to certify all these properties because professionals whom we had trusted to do the job on a devolved basis on behalf of the State had failed to do so. The residents of Priory Hall are the victims in this case. There are probably other cases which we do not know of and which will come to the fore in due course. I am trying to track these developments through the local authority system and put in place new legislative and regulatory requirements to stamp this out once and for all.

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