Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the engagement, if any, he has had with the Department for Finance in recent weeks to ensure the banks fully engage in the Priory Hall conciliation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22373/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The recent adjournment for a period of three months of the legal proceedings in relation to Priory Hall to allow for an independent conciliation process chaired by Justice Finnegan provides an appropriate context for the parties concerned to work together towards identifying a way forward in relation to this complex problem. While I have no role in relation to the conciliation process I have strongly encouraged the financial institutions, the residents of Priory Hall and Dublin City Council to engage fully with this new process to give it every chance to succeed. No one at this point can anticipate the outcome of the process and it is important that all concerned now afford Mr. Justice Finnegan the opportunity to complete the task which he has been given.