Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State would have to agree that the State owning buildings yet allowing them to remain empty is scandalous. There is a hardly a county that does not have a community that does not have the community facilities it needs. In my constituency, we are battling away in Johnstown, Enfield, Longwood and many other places to try to get our hands on buildings for their communities to use. It costs the State to have an idle building. The Minister for Rural and Community Development launched a major plan yesterday concerning rural Ireland and community buildings. Can we put as much effort as possible into ensuring that we get these buildings back into use?