Vacant and derelict sites registered just a 'tiny fraction' of 'national scandal' — Bacik

Labour leader launches campaign calling on people to report vacant and derelict sites to local authorities

Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik described the number of vacant and derelict sites as a 'national scandal'. Picture: Labour Party

The number of registered vacant and derelict sites represents just a tiny fraction of the reality of the “national scandal”, Labour Party Leader Ivana Bacik has said.

Ms Bacik said Government policy on vacancy and dereliction was not working and despite there being a vacancy officer in each local authority, there was an “absolute absence” of the registration of vacant and derelict properties.