Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Urban Regeneration: Discussion
Mr. Paul Johnston:
I might come in on that point. The website pushes a notification to the vacant homes officer in each local authority. People report vacant properties via the website, which is centrally administered by Mayo County Council. When a report is made, it pushes a notification to the email address of the vacant homes officer in each local authority. It is up to the local authority to act in terms of chasing after it to bring it back into use for private use through repair and lease, buy and renew or whatever.