Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a housing estate (details supplied) in County Limerick has been de-activated from its status of unfinished housing estate; if he will reactivate this status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4616/13]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The development in question was categorised by Limerick County Council as a Category 3 development in 2011 and its status remains unchanged. As part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011, published by my Department in October 2011, local authorities provided details of all unfinished housing developments in their areas. Unfinished housing developments were divided into four categories as follows:

- Category one, where the development is still being actively completed by the developer, or where no serious public safety issues exist;

- Category two, where a receiver has been appointed;

- Category three, where a receiver has not been appointed and the developer is still in place but effectively inactive; and

- Category four, where the development has been effectively abandoned and is posing serious problems for residents.

A revised list of estates will be prescribed for 2013.