Cork vacancy and dereliction staff
Deputy Stanton asked when extra resources for Cork County Council to tackle vacancy and dereliction would be decided. The Minister of State said the submission was being examined case by case and that the Department hoped to conclude it quickly.
On 11 April last, Cork County Council wrote to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage looking for extra resources to appoint people to work on vacancy and dereliction. I believe they seek about 18 extra people. Given that Cork County Council has the equivalent population size of Cavan, Roscommon, Sligo, Monaghan and Leitrim, will the Minister tell the House when his Department will finalise examining the resources needed to enable local authorities to carry out this important work?
Comment on this
Deputy Stanton has raised this important matter and he is very committed on it. Certainly, our Department is actively looking at the submission that was received from Cork County Council. I have asked my officials to look specifically at it on a case-by-case basis and that work is currently under way. I hope we would be able to come to a conclusion on that to provide additional resources to Cork County Council as quickly as possible.