Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have made it very clear that we want the councils to move very quickly on voids and to get them back into use as quickly as possible. Some 7,000 have been brought back into use since this Government was formed. We will retain a relentless focus on that aspect of housing because the Deputy is correct; if a house is idle because someone has left it for any reason, the local authority should move quickly to get somebody else in there.

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