Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is hoped that the ongoing discussions will provide a definitive resolution of the extraordinary difficulties experienced by the Priory Hall residents over the past number of years.

With regard to the part of this which comes directly within my remit as Minister of State with responsibility for housing, I met today with the new Dublin City Manager. I contend that the issue of Dublin regeneration is very much on track. While the former residents of Priory Hall are our most important consideration we do have to plan for the future of the area. I would be willing to consider any request from any body in the North Fringe to meet to address issues which come within my responsibility as Minister of State with responsibility for housing.

The most important task in the coming days is to find a resolution that will address the extraordinarily difficult position in which residents of Priory Hall have found themselves in recent years, having bought homes in the development in good faith have. What will happen in future is a secondary consideration.

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