Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Photo of Thomas GouldThomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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I would say that a rate of 0.3% would not discourage anyone when property values are increasing every year. With regard to derelict sites, should a team be put together within the Department, similar to the vacant homes unit that would specifically target dereliction, and which would tie in, in the same way that Ms Timmons has described, with the vacancy unit that is with all local authorities?