Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It sends the signal that the Government does not care about people in mortgage difficulties. That chimes with the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013, which allows repossessions and facilitates the issuance of tens of thousands of letters to people in trouble.

I am pleased that the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, was able to include Kilkenny on the list for the living cities initiative because it is a worthy participant but larger towns with significant numbers of older buildings, such as Drogheda, Navan, Ennis and Bray, should also be considered.