John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On page 27 of the programme for Government there is a commitment to the establishment of a national register of derelict sites and to using vacant and underutilised sites for housing and urban regeneration. I wish to bring to the attention of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, an anomaly in regard to particular sites. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of sites around the country where there has been a developer-led sewage treatment system that Irish Water currently will not take in charge. Therefore, the local authority cannot take them in charge and they remain in limbo. This will have detrimental effects in the future because any estate that is not properly maintained or taken in charge by a local authority will ultimately deteriorate. I ask the Minister to address this anomaly.

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