Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Pre-Budget Engagement: Dublin Chamber of Commerce and Chambers Ireland
Mr. Aidan Doyle:
Yes. We would like to broaden the remit so the initiative covers not just old buildings but also long-term vacant commercial and residential properties. I know from working in the Atlantic economic corridor, AEC, on the west coast that a lot of the urban towns and cities on the AEC regularly appear high up on the vacant property statistics. That is one of the reasons we believe that the initiative not only should be extended past May 2020 but also should be rolled out in other urban towns and include the long-term vacant commercial properties.