Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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When we talk about voids, we are talking about bringing social housing stocks brought back into use from dereliction. When we talk about 2:1s, we are talking about former bedsits being brought back as single-unit accommodation. Essentially, there are three different streams under the voids programme. We are not talking about what the Deputy has described as "expensive re-lets". In some cases, there is a risk that a unit will be vacant for a considerable period of time if significant investment is not made by the council, which is something that can happen just once under this particular programme.