Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----proponent of the Office Public Works. I will say, however, that in respect of disused Garda stations, the Office Public Works has written, rung and engaged with local authorities throughout the country on umpteen occasions to take these buildings off us. In many cases they are perfectly suitable for either local authority accommodation itself or for housing accommodation. Some of them have been taken and we have some very proactive local authorities, such as Leitrim County Council and Roscommon County Council, but I cannot say the same about many more. One would not think that there is a housing crisis in the country from the response of some of the local authorities. If there are specific properties where the Deputy believes we can offload it to a local authority, I would be delighted to hear about it, and for market value.

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