Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Humphreys also asked about RAPID. We will examine it to see whether there is an issue. It crosses between my responsibilities and those of the Minister, Deputy Hogan. The €15 million carryover about which Deputy Humphreys asked will go into the general construction programme. I stated there was €65 million for local authorities, with €35 million through the voluntary sector. There is also €15 million, which I did not mention, to bring long-term voids back into use. Some local authorities in particular have houses which have been empty for a long time. They are owned by local authorities but have been vacant for a long time because it is very costly and there is not enough money to do them up under the normal housing maintenance budgets. We have a specific €15 million fund for them.