Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

If Revenue was to collect it and return it to the local authority, that would be a better system and, like the local property tax, it comes back to the local authority even though it is Revenue that collects it. My sense is it is best to try to relieve the local authorities of the task of chasing people for a levy, to let them do the good work they do in identifying the site and leave that money-collecting part to Revenue. It would incentivise people to act in respect of sites.

If the local authority puts a site on a derelict sites register, does that put any burden on the local authority in terms of having to manage it or the notifications, and does it then become responsible for anything that might happen on that site?