Fianna Fáil is urging the government to work with Dublin City Council to provide structural funding to the City, as many parts of it are in "desperate" need of regeneration.

Cllr Paul McAuliffe was responding to the government’s recently published 'Planning Policy Statement 2015'.

Cllr McAuliffe said: "The next round of funding includes urban regeneration measures that could apply to Dublin City. However this will require the government to work with Dublin City Council to identify the potential for the city to develop and to provide solutions that turns derelict sites into jobs and growth.

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Cllr McAuliffe also outlined the need for a vacant sites levy to be introduced for Dublin's inner city to pave the way for greater development to take place.

He continued: "Dublin City still has considerable amounts of vacant land across the city. Much of this vacant land remained undeveloped despite 15 years of economic boom when growth rates exceeded an average of 6%. There is clearly a need to counteract any market disincentive that obstructs the development of these vacant sites which are key to encouraging economic growth in our city."

(CD/MH)