Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

One of the most frustrating elements of this Government is its inability to deliver capital projects. We are in the middle of a housing crisis at the moment, with hundreds of thousands of people in housing distress. We also have 130,000 empty homes in this State. The Government created a refurbishment grant scheme in July 2022 and since then just 70 people have drawn down a grant under that scheme. An average of about four homes are being refurbished every month which means it will take 3,500 years at the current rate for the Government to finish refurbishing all of the empty homes in the country. This is an incredible issue for people. Will the Government raise its ambitions in relation to the refurbishment of homes to a level higher than four per month?

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