Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)
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We are talking about the shortage of 15,000 houses that we need to deliver. We know they can be delivered. What needs to be done to deliver them using vacant and derelict properties? There are over 150,000 vacant properties at present and thousands of derelict sites. Should there be a key investment by the Government in this regard to deliver on top of the new builds we need?