Marie Sherlock (Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is a comment more than a question. The issue of the necessity for a vacant site tax or vacant house tax has been articulated by others. Many of us believe there is an urgency now in terms of the collation of the data the Minister is seeking to undertake in making these houses be registered in the context of LPT.

I ask for a commitment on when the Minister expects his review of that data and information to be undertaken. When can we expect the Government to come back to the Oireachtas and say whether it is going to proceed with a tax on vacant houses? That clarity would be important.