Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Patricia Philbin:

We have a full-time vacant homes officer. Unfortunately, the position was vacant for a good part of the year because the person who held it was moved on to another job. We have done CPOs on the derelict sites. There were four CPOs and then there was another property we threatened a CPO on that Galway Simon subsequently acquired. That site is now being converted into ten single-bedroom units.