Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney, is launching the third pillar of his Rebuilding Ireland document. It is the third individual launch of five, with two more to go, notwithstanding the fact that they were all launched some months ago. The Minister has been gripped by launch fever. I would have thought greater emphasis would have been placed on bringing forward the legislation to give effect to many of the changes and initiatives contained within the entire document. Has provision been made by the Government for a specific time period in which to address these issues and bring forward the legislation given the emergency nature of the necessary arrangements to bring about the desired result?

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