Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. John Brannigan:

With our vacant homes officer in place since the last quarter of 2022 there have been a number of engagements with property owners. We have 48 properties on a derelict sites register and we are dealing with the individuals involved. We are getting more active in the areas of derelict sites and compulsory purchase orders in the last-----