Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Thomas GouldThomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My next question is on dereliction and the derelict site levy. Kildare County Council levied €125,800 and collected just €3,300. There seems to be more than €313,000 outstanding on 23 sites, as per the register of 31 December 2021. I do not have any figures for Meath County Council, which did not make any returns. There were 13 sites for compulsory purchase. I would like an update on dereliction figures.

I do not blame local authorities because I know CPOs are very expensive and are intensive work-wise, especially if a team is not in place. I maintain the Minister should have allocated adequate funding for local authorities to take on CPOs. At the same time, the Derelict Sites Act was passed in 1990, which is 32 years ago. Every site on the derelict site register should be paying the derelict site levy and every site that is derelict should be on the register.

What are the local authorities doing to collect the levies and to make sure every site is on the derelict sites list?

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