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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: We are talking about oversight here. We are also talking about money that local authorities should be collecting. Of the derelict site levies that should have been collected, €12.5 million is outstanding. Are there sanctions available? Is there anything the LGAS can do to force local authorities to do what they should be doing? We know that 13 local authorities have not recorded...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: The derelict sites levy came into being in 1990. It is 32 years old. Some local authorities have not added a single site to the derelict sites register. Is LGAS tracking local authorities that are putting in an attempt to address this? Local authorities and chief executives are refusing to do what they have been mandated to do and no one is able to bring them to account. This is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: Are the responses from the chief executives of the local authorities available to the public?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: There is another issue in regard to housing maintenance. A number of issues arise in regard to Cork City Council's report highlighting serious issues with housing maintenance. Twelve recommendations were made but none was implemented, and there were no financial controls in place to identify the expenditure on each property. The council’s response was that national asset management...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: What happens if they are not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: The LGAS would not map them every year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: In terms of the derelict sites levy, I take issue with something that is in the report. It is noted that few property owners pay their annual levy when billed, and the outstanding levies are not collected until the property is disposed of. As far as I know, it is not legally correct for levies to be imposed every year. I refer to derelict sites, not vacant sites. The reports says the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: Gabhaim buíochas le Ms Larkin.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: As the Minister and the Minister of State will be aware, this Bill has the potential to be really transformative and make Ireland a leader in supporting those who need assisted decision-making. Unfortunately, I do not believe the Bill goes far enough in that regard. We need to do more. I have dealt with major issues in my constituency and nationally in the context of the existing process...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (31 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for full pay restoration for public sector workers on low incomes. [27619/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (31 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of meetings that he has held with local authority chief executives or relevant staff members to discuss collection of the derelict sites levy. [27451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (31 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that he believes that local authorities are not collecting the derelict sites levy. [27453/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (31 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to the transfer of responsibility for collection of the derelict sites levy to the Revenue Commissioners or another State body. [27455/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (31 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions that he is considering to improve collection of the derelict sites levy. [27457/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (31 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, as supported by the findings of the Local Government Audit Service, local authorities are postponing collection of the derelict sites levy until the sale of sites, despite no provision within legislation allowing this. [27458/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (31 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any other state claim on individual finances that is not collected to the same extent as the derelict sites levy. [27460/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (31 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites on each derelict sites register by local authority in tabular form. [27452/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (31 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that his Department has had no engagement with the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Finance concerning the collection of vacant homes data given recent conflicting media reports. [27454/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (31 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders by local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. [27456/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (31 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the potential revenue in 2021, by local authority, of sites on the derelict sites register. [27459/22]