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

There is one question I asked earlier and I am not sure if it has been answered as I had to go to the justice committee. Last year, I was informed there were only three full-time vacant homes officers in the 31 local authorities. The Minister then announced in November that there was an initial €10,000 on top of the existing €50,000 to ensure that every local authority will have a full-time vacant homes officer. Has every local authority got a full-time vacant homes officer? I believe the €60,000 should be more like €260,000 because there should be a team in each local authority to tackle vacancy.