Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 November 2010
122 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the supports that are in place to assist local authorities in an area (details supplied) to prioritise action to ensure obligations by both builders and developers to leave their sites in a safe and secure condition are being met in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44219/10]
View answerDevelopers and owners of sites are required to ensure that their sites are left in a safe and secure condition. The National Housing Development Survey database provides, inter alia, figures on the overall number of dwellings in unfinished housing developments on a county by county basis and the number of such dwellings that are completed and vacant. It establishes a sound basis for assisting local authorities in identifying those developments that require priority interventions by the key stakeholders concerned such as developers, financial institutions and local authorities.
One of the key aims of the National Housing Development Survey was to facilitate the development of best practice management and resolution approaches in dealing with unfinished housing developments by key stakeholders. The high-level Expert Group on Unfinished Housing Developments is currently developing measures effectively to address unfinished housing developments, including a guidance manual and Code of Practice. It is expected that the guidance manual will be published very shortly as a consultation draft which will, inter alia , identify the type of developments and issues that need to be prioritised for action in the short term; the final manual and Code of Practice will be published early next year.
