Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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I think the key point is the experience of the Empty Homes Agency of the United Kingdom. There is the property tax on empty homes in the United Kingdom. I know of Vancouver because I found that information on the Internet. There is a lot of other stuff there. I respectfully say that it needs to be done. I do not say that rudely. It needs to be done urgently by a State body like the witness's group so that we could test it. Other countries have faced crises in housing like we have. They have dealt with them differently. Whether they have been successful is a different issue.