Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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770. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders made by Louth County Council in each of the years from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23368/15]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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771. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the number of compulsory purchase orders made by Meath County Council in each of the years from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23369/15]

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 770 and 771 together.

Compulsory purchase orders are provided for in a number of statutes. My Department has been informed by Louth County Council that it acquired four sites by compulsory purchase order in the period 2011 to date. Two of these were acquired for roads related works with the other two being acquired under the Derelict Sites Act 1990. My Department has been informed by Meath County Council that it did not compulsorily acquire any site under any statute during the years in question. However, it is understood that Navan Town Council acquired one site for a school in Johnstown, County Meath in 2011.