Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

After two years, surely the Housing Agency knew problems were arising and someone should have sat down at the table and asked how the process could be fast tracked? This is about getting housing available to people on housing waiting lists or trying to use up properties that are vacant. As I said, two properties I dealt with in the past three months have been vacant for ten years. We have, therefore, many properties vacant and yet it takes us ages to move them on, even though the funding is available and they have been sorted.