Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for the question. I am well aware of Deputy Neville's interest in this area because he has raised it on a number of occasions. We have the money available to deal with vacant or void stock in local authorities. The call for common sense is a good one but we also have to make sure that every process we have when it comes to spending taxpayers' money is a robust process. My officials are currently talking to the local authority to see what we can do in this area.

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