Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. That last piece is effectively about prevention. Rather than trying to cure a problem, we prevent it. I agree there is much investment going in. That is where my concern would be. Look at some of the housing bodies. Clúid, for instance, did developments maybe 20 years ago, including one in Tuam, St. Jarlath’s Court. There is a manager full time on site. How can they afford to do it while the county council cannot afford to do it and their staff are run off their feet firefighting all the time? That building is in the same pristine condition as when it was handed over to them in 2000. I was involved in the construction of it. I can go in there and see it is completely clean, decoration is done, they have a plan and all of that, internally and externally. It is a credit to them but we need to be able to replicate that in the local authorities.

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