Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My question relates to the considerable number of properties around the country that are currently uninhabitable and have, in some cases, been abandoned for a long time. It is not viable for first-time buyers to purchase and do them up. It is a crying shame that we have so many vacant properties all over Ireland, yet it is too expensive to get them up to the proper standards. We need to be more imaginative and that is why I am asking the Minister to engage with the Department of Finance to see what can be done to assist such purchasers.

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