Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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I thank Mr. Kelly. Mr. O'Reilly mentioned a three- to four-month timeline for the sale of properties. That does not seem like an excessively long timeline to me for the sale of a property to go through, although we would like it to be quicker. However, I think that is quite a good timeline. From my experience, I know the sale of a house can often take much longer than that. That is not too bad. When the local authority is offered a house for sale and it requires work to be brought up to a certain standard, or additional work needs to be done on it, does the council have to take all of that into account?