David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response and recognise the work that is being carried out here. Does he have any figures with respect of how many actual properties are vacant in the State in the moment that could be used for housing from this database? Is that database publicly available? Will he comment on the top-up grant for derelict properties? We have numbers for the vacant property refurbishment grant, but how many of those also include the top-grant? How many applications are for the vacant property refurbishment grant on its own? Will the Minister of State please get those figures per county for me? Could he comment on the role of the vacant homes officers? The Oireachtas is making money available to fund those at local authority level. Is there a condition attached to that funding that those roles will be exclusively focused on vacant properties and nothing else?

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