Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I just wanted to get it out there clearly that if a house is vacant you cannot just go in and put a compulsory purchase order on it. There are issues with it and that is something we need to address as legislators.

There is a derelict sites register in all local authorities and then there is a derelict sites levy but there is an appalling collection rate on that of less than 10% across local authorities. If that was a derelict sites tax would that be a better solution?