Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The other point we would make is that, and I know Senator Cummins will have raised this too, concerns the local authority investing in addressing vacant or derelict properties. Let us face it, there is underoccupancy. We all accept and recognise this is the case in the north inner city. If these properties were being turned into long-term homes as opposed to short-term, temporary emergency accommodation, it would not solve the whole problem but it would certainly go much further in doing so than what is being done. From the perspective of Dublin Town's members, because many would also be property owners, are they being engaged with by the local authority to activate properties where there is underoccupancy or vacancy to turn them into long-term homes?