Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and that comes from the Housing Agency, which is purchasing 600 of the homes mentioned. The Minister with responsibility for housing has already committed to Sinn Féin that he will examine the other homes to establish why the Housing Agency did not purchase them. The Housing Agency is the expert body when it comes to this matter and it is its advice that is followed as to whether houses are suitable for social housing or not.

As I say, this matter has been raised with the Minister with responsibility for housing already and 600 of those homes are being purchased.

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