Housing Policy
Dail Éireann — 2022-09-28
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Michael McNamara (IND), Clare

I welcome the steps the Minister has taken but I have a few follow-up questions. With regard to the top-up from €30,000 to €50,000 in the case of a derelict property, does the property have to be on the county's derelict sites register or can the council say that it missed it but accepts that it is derelict? That is the carrot side of things, which I greatly welcome, but will greater use be made of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 to put pressure on people who own derelict sites to sell? There are many people who want to buy these sites and the Government is clearly incentivising that through this excellent scheme, on which I congratulate the Minister. The Minister has said he is expanding it to rural areas. Do the same grant amounts and limits apply?

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Sitting date: 2022-09-28