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

The figures from which I am operating state that from 2017 to 2019 the periods were 29 weeks, 28 weeks and 28 weeks, respectively. The figure increased by 65% from 2014 to 2020. The figures I have are much higher than those referred to by Mr. McCarthy. My figures come from the indicator report. The most recent figures I got from Cork City Council indicate a period of 64 weeks. When I raised this matter with the council, it told me that new guidelines or procedures brought in by the Department of housing have slowed down the allocation time to get voids back out. One of the examples I was given is that those being offered a tenancy in a house must supply 52 weeks proof of income, which was not a requirement previously. A P60 from the previous year was sufficient but now they are looking for weekly payslips. That has had a negative effect in terms of slowing down the reallocation. I will have the figures before me. There is no way that the average is 15 weeks, which is less than four months. I estimate the average for a house in Cork is at least a year. I will check that out from these figures. I do not know from where Mr. McCarthy is getting the figure in respect of 14 weeks or 15 weeks. If he could outline that to help me understand, that would be great.