Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy in relation to derelict sites in each local authority; the number of derelict sites, listed accordingly to each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10173/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Under the Derelict Sites Act 1990, local authorities are required to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does not become or continue to be a derelict site. To this end, they have been given substantial powers under the Act in relation to any such sites, including powers to require specified measures to be taken in relation to a derelict site, to impose a levy on derelict sites, or to compulsorily acquire any derelict site. I expect local authorities to use their statutory powers as they consider appropriate.

Local authorities have been requested to provide statistical information regarding derelict sites within their functional areas. Available data on the numbers of derelict sites registered by local authorities at end-2007 are set out in the following table.