Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Wicklow-Wexford, Sinn Fein)
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930. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders made by the local authorities in counties Wexford and Wicklow, from January 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12053/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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While local authorities are empowered under a number of statutes to acquire land, by agreement or compulsorily, for the purposes of performing any of their functions, the number of derelict sites acquired within their functional area under the provisions of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) are submitted to my Department as part of their annual return on the operation of the Act. The number of sites acquired under the Act by Wexford and Wicklow local authorities, both by way of compulsory acquisition or by agreement, in the years 2020 to 2023 is provided in the Table below.

No. Of CPOs per Local Authority