Written answers

Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Unfinished Housing Estates

8:00 am

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is any evidence to the effect that some housing estates, partially constructed or otherwise incomplete, are being stripped out and the fittings disposed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25660/10]

Photo of Ciarán CuffeCiarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 4 of 27 May 2010.

As part of its comprehensive response to the issue of unfinished or unoccupied estates, my Department is currently undertaking, with the co-operation of local authorities and other key stakeholders, a national inventory on a county by county basis to quantify, classify and map the various types of unfinished or unoccupied estates so as to facilitate a better understanding of the scale and extent of the problem. A pilot exercise has been carried out in one local authority area to inform the process.

It is a matter for developers to ensure that all appropriate steps are taken to secure a site on which development is ongoing or where the conditions of a planning permission have yet to be fully met.

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