Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of properties on the derelict sites register by local authority in 2019, in tabular form. [34333/21]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Every year my Department requests a data return from local authorities on the implementation of the Act. This return includes information on, inter alia, the number of sites on the register at the beginning of the year, the number of sites entered onto, and removed from, the register during that year, and the number of sites on the register at the end of the year. However this data request does not include details of the value of properties on the derelict sites register.

Local authorities are required under section 8(1)(e) of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 to enter onto the register '...particulars of the market value of urban land as determined by the local authority, or by the Tribunal on appeal...'.

Under section 8(5) of the Act, a copy of the derelict sites register for any local authority can be inspected at the offices of that authority during office hours. Therefore, the specified information may be requested from individual local authorities.

Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outstanding levy amounts due on derelict sites by local authority in 2019, in tabular form. [34334/21]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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The outstanding levy amounts due on derelict sites by local authority at end 2019 is as set out in the table below.

Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria needed to be met for a property to be entered onto the derelict sites register. [34335/21]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Section 3 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) defines a derelict site as:

'...any land...which detracts, or is likely to detract, to a material degree from the amenity, character or appearance of land in the neighbourhood of the land in question because of—

(a) the existence on the land in question of structures which are in a ruinous, derelict or dangerous condition, or(b) the neglected, unsightly or objectionable condition of the land or any structures on the land in question, or(c) the presence, deposit or collection on the land in question of any litter, rubbish, debris or waste, except where the presence, deposit or collection of such litter, rubbish, debris or waste results from the exercise of a right conferred by statute or by common law.

Further to this, section 8 of the Act requires each local authority to establish and maintain a derelict sites register, and to enter onto this register properties that, in their opinion, meet the criteria set out above.