Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Paddy Mahon:

Not yet, but it is definitely an option. It is an option in Ballymahon, Granard and Longford town. We have not got to that stage. We have acquired a number of properties, sometimes with our resources and sometimes through the URDF round 3 call. In some cases, the URDF is really about acquiring the property and turning it around, but the properties we acquire for ourselves we acquire with a view to developing housing, developing back land car parking and maybe demolishing the street front and replacing it with something similar and something authentic to get the best possible use out of the land that is there and bring back more activity, whether it is residential, commercial or a mix of both, to bring life back into our town centres.

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