Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will move on to dereliction in a minute but I want to stick to vacancy because we are introducing a vacant homes tax and a vacant home is not necessarily a derelict site. There is a lot of confusion among dereliction, vacant homes, vacant sites and derelict sites. We need clarity on that, including to assist the local authorities. There is a vacant homes tax; it is self-declared that the house is vacant and it is based on the local property tax returns. In that situation would compulsory purchase rights to that vacant home be of assistance?