Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders sought for derelict properties by each local authority in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10738/22]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Since 2018 local authorities are required to submit an annual return to my Department providing information on the operation of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 in their functional areas. The derelict sites returns are collected in Q2 of the following year. The information requested in respect of 2020 is provided in the following Table. Figures for 2021 and 2022 are not yet available.

My Department continues to liaise with local authorities on the implementation of the Derelict Sites Act with a view to improving its effectiveness.