Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Kerry County Council is committed to ensuring that any property in its ownership that becomes vacant is re-tenanted as soon as possible, but this requires finance. Currently, the council has 74 houses that are not in the programme for repair because they require an estimated €2.7 million to do the repairs and to bring them back into use. It was reported in November that the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has an underspend of €500 million. I am respectfully asking that this money be supplied from this so that we can bring much-needed housing back into use in County Kerry. In other words, if the Government cannot spend it, we will.

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