Ms Mary Hurley:

We put out a call to local authorities last year in respect of buildings that were derelict or vacant. We said we would provide €400,000 to each local authority and that they could come forward with two options regarding derelict properties that could be brought back into community use. Let me give details on that. Twenty-nine projects were delivered last year and €6 million was spent. That builds on other work we did in 2021 with regard to tackling vacancy, whereby, under our town and village scheme, 20 projects, with a value of €4.5 million, were brought forward. We had another 15 later that year. The number of projects brought forward is significant enough. They have made a real difference to communities on the ground.