Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. I think the issue has more to do with value. Take the example of a major project in Douglas in which the county council invested significant sums of money over the past decade not knowing that this process was going to happen. While the county council could have invested this money in Clonakilty or some other part of the local authority area, that value must be recouped at some level. The issue of value is very important. The question of who will be the independent valuer of these assets is a real issue. To say the implementation group will have the final say is questionable. I am asking who that independent valuer will be. Has the Minister of State thought about it? Will it be an executive function of his? Where does he believe this will come into the forum?