Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have been contacted in the past two days by a young family, with four young children, whose local authority has allocated it a house. The house was vacant for some time and the electricity was disconnected. I am now advised that the procedure for reconnecting the electricity will take three months. It is unacceptable that two State authorities, the local authority and the ESB cannot co-operate to expedite a matter such as this. There are approximately ten different steps that must be taken before a house is reconnected. The local authority-----