Vacant Properties
Dail Éireann — 2021-05-19
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Peter Burke (FG), Longford-Westmeath

They have the funding. As I said, every local authority has €50,000 in place to support the vacant homes officer. It is a matter for the local authority to adjudicate on how staff are assigned. The Deputy seems to be suggesting otherwise, that we should try to take more powers away from local authorities, while at the same time absolutely contradicting that.
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Sitting date: 2021-05-19