A public building has been vacant in my constituency for several years. I would like to know what the Government is doing to rehabilitate vacancy across public agencies, with value for money at the core of that. In October 2025, I asked Transport Infrastructure Ireland about a 125 sq. m vacant kiosk at the Ranelagh Luas stop in Dublin 6, to which it replied the long-term use was still being considered and it had no timeline for that use. It confirmed to me last week that it was requesting €500,000 from the National Transport Authority to bring it back into use just two years after it was last operational, but the final use was yet to be confirmed. As one commentor on a Reddit thread remarked, it is mad that a little place like that in one of the richest suburbs in the country is vacant. What is the Government’s policy on how long public agencies under its remit should take to bring vacant buildings like this one back into use?

We want buildings brought back into use as quickly as possible. We have the living city initiative and so on. With the greatest respect, we have given clear policy directions to public agencies but, as Taoiseach of the country, I cannot start arbitrating on every single building in every single area across the country. I am sure the Deputy will appreciate that. They should get moving on it and get it sorted.

Is two years acceptable?

No, of course not. They should get it resolved.