Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion

Mr. Kieran Kehoe:

From a planning point of view, 541 resources were identified as the shortfall. A cost of €46 million was associated with that. To be fair to the Department, it secured €5 million in a dedicated fund for that in budget 2023. We are working closely with the planning section of the Department and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to bring the first 100 of those into the system this year.