Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand there is a huge amount of work going on in the Department, and the work it is doing has probably never been so important. I have a couple of questions that I hope the witnesses will be able to talk me through.

First, in 2022 the Department funded only 85 voids in Cork city and 2,307 nationally. The latest National Oversight and Audit Commission, NOAC, report shows that it took Cork City Council 75 weeks to return voids in 2021. How can we stand over a policy or practice that funds the return of only 85 voids when there are over 500?