Housing Provision
Dail Éireann — 2022-11-15
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

They are doing it, actually. A good few hundred have been purchased at this stage. I do not believe we should legislatively force local authorities to buy every single house that becomes available. There can be all sorts of background issues. Local authorities have to have some discretion in individual cases. Without that, why have local authorities and why not manage everything from the centre?

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Sitting date: 2022-11-15