Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A range of initiatives have been announced to try to tackle vacancy and housing supply, some of which have been a great success. The House supported the action plan for housing for which €6 billion has been provided. Included in the plan are legislative updates to tackle this issue. I described taking over someone's house as a disgrace because it is unnecessary and not part of our plans. We have the compulsory purchase order, CPO, legislation. Some authorities choose to use it, while others do not. The reasons behind every individual case are complicated in terms of the houses we are talking about.

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