Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the current number of vacant houses in the State. [31965/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 60 of 22 June 2022 which sets out the position in this matter.

My Department previously developed a survey methodology in relation to locating vacant housing and carried out a pilot field-based survey across six local authorities in order to more accurately determine the levels of long-term, vacant but recoverable dwellings that could be re-introduced into the liveable housing stock. Full roll out at national level is being kept under consideration in the context of the emerging data from Census 2022 and the wider data gathering as part of Housing for All.