Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will add one point to that. We have established a vacant homes unit within the Department for the first time, so we are able to actually track what vacant and derelict stock is coming back into use, either through local authorities or through grants like Croí Cónaithe. We have updates every week on that. Thirty of our 31 local authorities now have a permanent vacant homes officer whose sole job is in regard to seeking out vacant properties in their areas, and for the one remaining local authority that does not yet have that post in place, the job offer is out there at the moment. Therefore, we now have the structure to be able to manage that, but also to track it so we can track through that process and assess the carbon benefit in that regard also.