Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 December 2023
342. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 22 November 2023, which local authorities made submissions and which local authorities are represented on the working group. [53822/23]
View answerMy Department initiated a review of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) in November 2021 and invited local authorities to make initial submissions on potential improvements to the legislative provisions and the way they are applied.
Written submissions were received from Carlow County Council, Cavan County Council, Clare County Council, Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Fingal County Council, Galway City Council, Kerry County Council, Kildare County Council, Kilkenny County Council, Limerick City and County Council, Meath County Council, Monaghan County Council, Roscommon County Council, Tipperary County Council, Wexford County Council and Wicklow County Council.
For the purposes of establishing a Working Group to review the Act in more detail, my Department then requested the Local Government Management Agency to nominate a number of local government officials to represent the sector in the work on the review. The working group, which is chaired by my Department, comprises of nominated officials from Carlow County Council, Clare County Council, Cork County Council, Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Galway City Council, Limerick City and County Council, Mayo County Council and South Dublin County Council.
