An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2025-05-20
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

There are two things. First, many local authorities do a lot of good work in terms of voids. The Deputy has sat on a council. I think all of us have complained over the years where a house, which has been vacated due to tenants leaving for whatever reason, has remained unoccupied for an inordinate length of time. That system has to change. That house should be very quickly reallocated to other tenants on the housing list. In the housing crisis we are in, there is no excuse for not doing that. That is my view.
Second, local authorities have powers under the Derelict Sites Act. I often-----

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