Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)

----- that every local authority is wrong. There are thousands of houses and units in the local authorities. These are figures I received through freedom of information requests from all the local authorities. They have given us the information. The Minister mentioned earlier on that he will write to all local authorities. When he writes to them, will he ask whether they will supply a list of vacant houses? We want the actual addresses because we want to be able to confirm that the quantities are correct. Will he ask the local authorities to make the listed vacant properties available in order that politicians, locally and nationally, can ensure that the timelines will be brought down? We want openness and transparency. We want this to work. Between the boarded-up houses, the tenant in situ scheme and the derelict sites, there are millions of euro.

In Cork city alone, Cork City Council is owed-----