Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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In the July stimulus, we had a target for 2,500 and, so far, we have had submissions from local authorities of about 2,410 properties. That involved spending slightly less than €40 million, and that was in the July stimulus. An overall figure regarding some previous voids, dating from before I took over, is included. The full figure, therefore, is about 4,000 voids but, focusing specifically on the July stimulus, the number is 2,500. There is a condition imposed, however. Every local authority has a target and every authority will know what it needs to do, but those voids must be back in stock this year. We are reviewing that situation weekly. If one local authority is not meeting that condition, we will take the money back from it and transfer it elsewhere-----