I give a belated welcome to the establishment of the Shannon Estuary task force, which was put together in recent weeks. We in Kerry were somewhat disappointed that there is only one Kerry person on it. After all, it was set up to somewhat alleviate the disappointment we suffered when liquefied natural gas, LNG, was parked in the programme for Government.

Thankfully, that programme is up and running and very much alive again in the current circumstances. Having said that, we welcome it greatly. We have a very good Kerryman on it, Professor Brendan O'Donnell of Munster Technological University. The Shannon Foynes Port Company is represented on it as well. We hope to get regular reports from this task force. Task forces tend to become talking shops and after four or five years, they are wound up with a report that no one will ever read. I would like regular confirmation and updates on what it is doing and on what progress it is making.

I do not know if the Deputy Leader is aware that there are certain agencies that advertise and work online to provide services for householders. They help householders to get a painter, a decorator or a gardener. Some of them are fairly well known. The biggest one of them is based in London. That is fine as it is very hard to source workers in rural areas. Due to Government policies, we almost have full employment and it is not as easy to get casual work as it used to be. In what I am sure is a minority of cases, this is being abused by rogue operators who find out who is looking for a service such as gardening. They get the details, offer a price and come on site. In some cases, they do not give any service at all. It leads to an awful lot of problems and very often they leave the premises with the job undone and the money paid up. That should be regulated. I do not know what Minister should do that. If one has a problem with these operators and one looks for recourse, one is more or less told to take a jump. They say they cannot help. They are just like the Golden Pages. However, they constantly bombard one with questions and ask whether one needs a professional painter and gardener. They say they will help one to get a professional. If the professional lets one down, they do not want to know about it.

I want to speak a little bit about our programmes under Housing for All to tackle vacancy and dereliction in our towns. The Croí Cónaithe or living heart fund has been launched recently. Under the town centres first policy, the Croí Cónaithe cities scheme focuses on how we develop apartments within city centres but I want to speak about the Croí Cónaithe towns scheme. We might request the timeline for the launch of this fund. We are seeing that town regeneration officers are being allocated to local authorities. This is crucial because we can see in many of our towns buildings that have been left derelict. Although county councils and local authorities can target these, under dereliction notices, it takes a long time for them to be moved on. I know we have the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, who is over local government. He will be visiting us and some of our businesses in Ballinasloe to give an update on the town centres first policy and what it will mean for businesses and retailers in our local areas. However, it would be good to know how we will develop this policy further in terms of having the fund available through local authorities. I request that the Minister or the Department give us a timeline or speak to us about the Croí Cónaithe towns fund in particular.