Dáil debates
Thursday, 4 February 2021
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
12:40 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
As the Deputy knows, there are different types of vacant housing. There are the types in the ownership of local authorities, and those that are not and are privately owned. Funding is available to local authorities to restore and renovate voids in their ownership in order to make them available for people on the housing list. That process has sped up a lot in the past couple of years and the councils have done a good job on that. With privately owned vacant houses, local authorities have compulsory purchase order powers. Some local authorities, including the Louth council, have done a really good job with those powers but others could do much better.
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