Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion
Mr. Kieran Kehoe:
I am not sure about Limerick but we have started that survey in Waterford. From the mapping point of view, the detail required is in the survey. We have a pretty good GIS mapping system in-house and we are mapping all our derelict properties with it. That is the whole-of-authority approach. Our town regeneration scheme is also identifying issues. We are getting an overall picture, not just of vacancy and the type of vacancy, but what buildings are derelict. We then map with other vacancy issues, whether that be commercial or whatever the enterprise teams are looking at. We get a whole-of-authority, whole-of-town approach to addressing the issue properly.
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