Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Mr. David Browne:

Yes, if they were properly resourced, either by resourcing them internally or providing for them to outsource, as is the case in Britain, although there are problems with that system also. It may be that there should be a fee-based system associated with the one-stop-shop arrangement to provide financial resources to support the local authorities.