Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister added that what was important was that such properties when purchased were invested in and promoted because while it may be the case that they are being bought at a major discount in terms of what they were worth a couple of years ago, the previous owners had not done a very good job. To say that the previous owners had not done a good job is rubbish and totally unfair.

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