Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of derelict sites and their total market value, by each local authority in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4770/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site. The Act also imposes a duty on local authorities to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site.

Local Authorities are required to submit an annual return to my Department providing information on the operation of the Act in their functional areas. These returns are collected in Q2 of the following year and so information in relation to 2023 is not yet available.

The table below contains information on the number of sites listed on derelict site registers on 31 December 2022, as per the most recent returns from local authorities relating to the year 2022. Information on the market value of these sites is not collected by my Department.