There are a number of alleged irregularities with the assembly of a government site in Anne Street in Wexford. It is alleged that the dismantling of the title property was done without the knowledge of the property owners. It is alleged that the highly irregular purchase of the hotel caused a significant loss of space to the decentralised Revenue office. It is alleged that Wexford Borough Council never sought to have the planning amended to reflect the revised layout. It is also alleged that Wexford Borough Council arranged a compulsory purchase order, CPO, on the remainder of the hotel site, but excluded reference to the CPO process of the owner on behalf of the hotel site. The council carried out an investigation into this in 2016. However, the adjoining landowners are seriously challenging this.

I urge the Minister for Housing Planning and local Government to ensure that this is investigated properly and is resolved once and for all.

I am not aware of the individual planning issue but the Deputy is referring to and I cannot get involved in individual planning decisions. That said, earlier this year, the Government established for the first time in the history of the State the Office of the Planning Regulator. Niall Cussen is that regulator. That is the appropriate body to which the Deputy should relay his concerns, because it can then do an independent investigation of the local authority, of An Bord Pleanála, and of the other aspects of the planning system we have in place.