Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the difficulties surrounding the attempt by the community association in Malin Head, to acquire for community use the vacant and derelict property surrounding the former signal station known as Lloyd's Tower or Admiralty Tower, he will provide the relevant authorities with the authority to apply for a compulsory purchase order, enabling the structure and surrounding land to be brought back into public ownership, in particular due to its strategic location as a tourism destination and its subsequent importance as an integral part of the national heritage infrastructure. [12284/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Exercise of their compulsory purchase powers to acquire land, is a matter for local authorities themselves and is subject to confirmation by An Bord Pleanála. My Department has no function in relation to the exercise of compulsory purchase orders in particular cases.