Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion
Ms Caroline Timmons:
The activation target is 150, which is the entirety of what it needs to do, and the CPO target is four. A target is set with reference to a local authority's level of vacancy in its particular area. Dublin city has a very low vacancy rate of approximately 5%. When we set the overall targets, we gave the higher targets to the higher vacancy local authorities. For example, the target is 20 in County Wexford and 30 in County Carlow, which is in direct relationship to their vacancy rates.