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. Nick Taaffe:

This is an absolutely great point. This topic is about using existing buildings, particularly large buildings that could accommodate six to a dozen units. The grant at the moment is great for single-use building with the principal private residence relief, PPR, but we need to adjust the grant and provide a better carrot for multi-unit properties. There are a lot of such properties around the country, in both public and private ownership, and we need to tackle those. We will get these numbers down if we tackle these larger multi-unit buildings, without a doubt. They have great uses for social housing, front-line workers, etc. They are already there and serviced. They have the infrastructure, utilities, etc. I agree with Deputy Gould that we need to focus on that, but let us balance out the carrot with the stick for these. Definitely.

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