Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the Deputy there, but we should not be giving them credence or excuses. We have ramped up all of the measures we can in terms of increasing house building. The Deputy talked about dereliction; we have the Croí Cónaithe fund, which we increased only a couple of weeks ago. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, announced increases to €50,000 for a vacant property and €70,000 for a derelict building. These are all measures that will help to address some of the problems. We want to bring more houses back into supply, which involves looking at houses that are currently vacant. Sometimes there are issues and difficulties around that and we are trying to overcome those to bring more houses back into stock.

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