Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I echo the comments congratulating the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, on his new position. I point to the statistics about two towns in County Clare and the vacancy rates that have been experienced there in recent years. The most recent statistics show that Kilrush is at 24.6% and Shannon town is at 29.8%. I flag that with the Minister and Ministers of State today. The Minister of State mentioned the Department is developing a programme for local authorities. In his response, he might come back with further detail about progress on that and when he expects to have that ready to go for counties like Clare specifically.

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