John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The policy is already up and running. As I said, we have made substantial progress already. Within a year we have dealt with half the houses. The demand is there and we need to make the units available, using them for social leasing, in particular. That policy is working. People are very happy to have a good house with the highest standards and the Department wants to ensure these houses are up to that standard and that people can get into them as quickly as possible.

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