I ask the Government to set up a task force to do something about the dereliction in Clonmel town and the closure of many businesses, particularly Market Place, a spanking new development that was a division of iar-Sheandóir Fergal Quinn, God rest him, and a fabulous place. It is now vacant and derelict, and it is an appalling vista. There are many other areas on Gladstone Street and O'Connell Street. We need a task force with the district council and Clonmel Chamber of Commerce. I salute the hard-working businesspeople who are keeping their shop doors open every day, paying rates but getting very little support from the Government or anybody else, employing people and making the town a living town. Some of the schemes like Croí Cónaithe might help with housing and should help to convert some of those buildings, but Market Place itself needs a revitalisation plan and it needs a task force to deal with this.

Is this in Clonmel?

In Clonmel town – the vale of honey.

The Deputy would have to acknowledge there has been a lot of good work happening in Clonmel town.

Yes, that is what I said.

There has been huge refurbishment and development of a very significant kind, and the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, was there recently in respect of both housing initiatives and new investment.

I am talking about the centre of town.

We have to work with the local authority, which is the key player here.

I said that.

We can sometimes set up new bodies, agencies, task forces and all of that, when the simpler thing to do is to identify the issues and have the local authority work with the Government and other local organisations, and then come back to Government with a clear plan as to how we revitalise an area, such as the area the Deputy has just identified. That is probably the better way to do it.