Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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There was a question earlier about long-term leasing arrangements that local authorities can enter into. When the council enters into those arrangements it frees up other homes so that people can right-size and can be matched to those long-term leases. When those houses then become voids, because somebody has left them, do the councils try to bring them back? A figure was given by one of the local authorities for trying to bring the property back to the full A2 rating. Do the councils try to do that with all of the houses as they become available? How do the councils decide that? What is the funding stream available to do that? I will ask the Galway officials first, and then Cork.