Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is fair to say that this was a bad policy and it is not one we will continue. It was introduced under a previous Government. There are more than 900 estates and it affects more than 30,000 homes. We are putting a procedure in place to correct this and we have allocated €31 million for it. It might require more money but what is needed is a process to make it happen. The policy in the past allowed this to happen, with no plan or initiative in place ever to take them over. That is what we are trying to correct and we are making good progress on it.

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