Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is why they have not been in a position to construct houses and the Minister of State was not in a position to say that any house had been constructed this year. Local authorities have not been given the funding to do so. The Minister of State referred to making funds available for doing up voids but the Government cut that amount by €6 million in the past 12 months. There are 100 voids in Longford in my constituency. Given the process through which the Department makes local authorities go, they do not have the autonomy to work through their voids.

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