Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On page 21 of the programme for Government, there is a commitment to increasing significantly and expediting the delivery of social housing units. This is not happening in Limerick city. Last September, I informed the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, that there were more than 70 council houses boarded up across Limerick city. Today, the bulk of those properties remain boarded up. At the time, I specifically mentioned No. 55 Shanboley Road. A family was told that it would be allocated that unit, but the house is still empty. No. 13 Lee Estate has been boarded up for three years. No. 65 Scanlon Park in Castleconnell has been boarded up for two years.

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