Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government is very committed to bringing vacant sites back into use for residential housing. I am taking a tour of all the local authorities. I have asked every single local authority to set up a specific vacant homes unit, which will deal with derelict and vacant sites. It will deal with the Croí Cónaithe scheme, which has proven to be hugely successful. There have been nearly 1,800 applications to date. This is a matter we take very seriously. A residential zoned land tax, RZLT, will be coming in as well. What we are looking for, which is now happening on the ground in each local authority, is consistency. Each one will have a dedicated, resourced multi-discipline unit within it to deal with bringing vacant sites back into use so further houses can be built.

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