Rory Hearne (Dublin North-West, Social Democrats)
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278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all local authorities have furnished details on the total number of derelict properties currently on their registers; if so, if he will outline this information, by local authority; the number of actions and fines issued under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 for each respective local authority in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the changes he intends to make based on this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8823/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Derelict Sites Act 1990 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.

Each local authority maintains a Derelict Sites Register under section 8 of the Act for sites which they consider are derelict under the Act. Sites entered on the Derelict Sites Register are subject to an annual derelict sites levy of 7% of market value which will continue to apply until the site is rendered non-derelict. The attached table contains the information requested regarding the operation of the derelict sites register, as per the most recent available returns from local authorities relating to the years 2022 and 2023.