Government does not have data on how many vacant houses there are

The GeoView directory Q4 2020 report, which lists addresses in the State using data from An Post, found 92,251 vacant addresses in Ireland, representing 4.6% of all building stock.

The Government does not know how many vacant homes there are across Ireland.

Despite each local authority preparing an action plan to tackle housing vacancy, the Department of Housing does not "hold data on the amount of derelict housing units in the State," according to the Minister of State at the Department of Housing Peter Burke.