Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2025-05-13
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

It is not always about handouts. You can go around certain local authority estates and see six vacant houses. Millions are not needed to put those houses back into use. They should never be vacant for beyond a month. I am not just saying this now; I have said this to local authorities time and again. We have taken void initiative after void initiative.
The dependency culture kicks, that they will fill a void if given €50,000 or €60,000. No. If a house is idle because someone left it a month ago, it should be allocated again. We are in a housing crisis.

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Sitting date: 2025-05-13