Sir, – Counting the precise number of vacant dwellings scarcely matters (News, September 14th).
Just 5 per cent of the potentially 183,312 vacant homes (Census 2016) is more than the total number of new homes likely to be completed in 2017. – Yours, etc,
ORLA HEGARTY,
UCD School of Architecture,
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Planning & Environmental
Policy,
Richview,
Clonskeagh,
Dublin 14.