Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)
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262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of CPO applications made in each county to date in 2025, in tabular form. [36912/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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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. My Department does not hold data in respect of CPO applications made generally, apart from CPOs related to the Derelict Sites Act 1990.

Specifically, the number of derelict sites acquired within their functional area by local authorities under the provisions of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) is submitted to my Department by local authorities as part of their annual return on the operation of the Act. The number of sites acquired under the Act by local authorities, both by way of compulsory acquisition or by agreement, in the most recent year 2023 available, is provided in the Table below. The returns are collected in Quarter 2 of the following year and accordingly my Department is currently engaging with local authorities on the returns for 2024.