Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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772. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of sites currently registered as derelict in County Louth; the levies or fees that have accrued in the case of these sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23370/15]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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773. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of registered derelict sites that have been added to the register in County Louth from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23371/15]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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774. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of registered derelict sites that have been added to the register in County Meath from 2011 to 2015. [23372/15]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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775. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of sites currently registered as derelict in County Meath; the levies or fees that have accrued in the case of these sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23374/15]

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 772 to 775, inclusive, together.

As required under section 8(6) of the Derelict Sites Act 1990, my Department requests a copy of the derelict sites register from each local authority on an annual basis in respect of the previous calendar year. The most recent information held by my Department in this regard covers the year 2013. Under section 8(5) of the Derelict Sites Act, a copy of the derelict sites register for any local authority can be inspected at the offices of that authority during office hours.

The position at the end of 2013 – as notified to my Department - in respect of Counties Louth and Meath - is as follows:

Details of the levies or fees accrued in respect of these specific sites is not available in my Department.

My Department has been advised by Louth County Council that the number of derelict sites currently on its register (including those added to the register during 2014 and 2015 to date) now stands at 55 – a net increase of 4 on the 2013 figure - with €821.54 in levies being received during these two years. My Department has been advised by Meath County Council that there has been no change in either the number of registered sites or levies received since 2013.

The net number of sites on the derelict sites register (taking account of the number of sites added and removed from the register in any individual year) in Counties Louth and Meath in respect of the years 2011 to 2013, as notified to my Department, was as follows: