Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The work on vacancy is well under way. We have an empty homes unit in the Department and vacancy teams in local authorities. More than 1,000 vacant homes in the various local authorities have been reported through vacanthomes.ie. We have to identify the vacant homes and the reason for vacancy to ensure our incentives package can tackle the vacancy issue. It must be targeted, rather than in broad brush strokes.