John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the same issue, I raised prior to the budget the fact that 14,000 homes are currently vacant because their owners are in nursing homes availing of the fair deal scheme. The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Daly, gave an undertaking that he would review this with a view to trying to get some percentage of those properties into circulation to help deal with the housing and homeless crisis. Has he made any progress in that regard?

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