Mary Lou McDonald: “This meeting needs to happen very, very soon.”

This is in everybody's interests.

The proposals brought to Cabinet today by the Tánaiste will not deal with the problem of dereliction head on.

It cannot be missed," she said. "It must be grasped."

If a new Derelict Property Tax is to be successful, it is essential that revenues generated are reinvested into local communities and returned to the local government sector to support regeneration activity.