Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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I am not talking about objecting to money. If Limerick and Waterford councils had the money to deal with long-term lets, the really rundown properties, would that bring down their figures? I will put it this way. I know vacant properties that the council in Cork owns and that are scenes of antisocial behaviour, dumping and gangs, dragging down the whole community. It is a shame. The argument is that it will cost €60,000 or €70,000 to do up those properties and that the local authority does not have the money. Should the Department fund over and above the €11,000 to do up those properties? There must be properties like that in Limerick and Waterford.