Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

2:00 am

Photo of Thomas GouldThomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)
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The Minister might like to know that last year there were nine people working in the vehicle homes unit in the Department and there are now only eight. Since then, we have got the croí cónaithe scheme, the vacant homes tax and the compulsory purchase order activation programme. We have fewer workers than we did last year. The housing crisis is worse and we have given that unit more jobs to do. Why is the Minister not resourcing it?