105 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the audit of ghost estates has been completed; when the report will be published; the action he will take in view of its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37429/10]

Together with my colleague, Minister of State Finneran, I will, as soon as possible, publish the results of a national inventory to quantify, classify and map the various types of unfinished or unoccupied estates so as to facilitate a better understanding of the scale and extent of the problem, and to inform the development of policy measures to address difficulties on specific sites in a co-ordinated manner. The responses will require a range of interventions across a number of disciplines — there are issues of public safety, the provision of bonds and securities, environmental protection, building control and estate management.