3. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the number of compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, completed under the CPO activation programme and an update on the long-promised legislation to reform the CPO process as recommended by the Law Reform Commission. [54229/25]

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I cannot believe the data is not available. It was supposed to be released in the second quarter of the year and here we are in October 2025 without the data. The Minister said things are going well and progressing but where is the proof? For months, I have submitted a parliamentary question every two or three weeks looking for information on dereliction, such as how many sites are derelict, how many were added to the register, how many were compulsorily purchased and so on. I want to let the Minister of State know that I submitted another question last week. Why is that information being withheld from the Dáil? In 2023, the Government said it would add 400 buildings to the derelict sites register and that 400 of them would be purchased under CPOs. I am only taking a wild guess, but I am willing to put my reputation on the line by saying there is no way that 400 buildings were purchased under CPOs. Will the Minister of State give a commitment that those figures will be finally released this month?

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I want to make that point.

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Will the Minister of State give that commitment today?

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Today is World Vacant Homes Day and in a minute members of the Government will be outside having their photograph taken. The hypocrisy of that is unbelievable. Things are so bad that Fine Gael backbenchers introduced Private Members' legislation in July to try to force the Minister's hand on the matter of CPOs being used. Some Government backbenchers do not believe or have faith in the Ministers. I invite the Minister and Minister of State to walk the streets of Dublin, Cork or Waterford with me and look at the dereliction. It is unbelievable. The Minister of State talked about local authorities having a part to play. Where are the support, funding and staff for local authorities? He spoke about reorganising. Reorganising is only bluff. If he really wants local authorities to start using CPOs, he will give them the money, staff and authority to do it.

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They are not working.

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In three years' time. There will not be-----

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When will it be delivered?

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Will the Minister of State walk with me?

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I will organise that.

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Perhaps Deputy Hearne will come with us.

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