Barry Heneghan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Right across Dublin Bay North and, indeed, the entire country, vacant and derelict buildings are sitting idle while people are crying out for housing. Hundreds of people email me weekly. They are dying to get into these houses on the same street they are in in north Dublin. Local authorities are struggling with enforcement. I urge that there be an investigation into Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council regarding the amount of funding that is going into derelict and vacant sites investigation teams. Will there be a commitment to the radical overhaul of our approach, penalties put in place on a long-term vacancy, the streamlining of our CPO powers and finally giving communities in Dublin and across Ireland the power to bring these sites back to life?

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