Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012
553 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide figures pertaining to the amount of derelict sites as defined by the Derelict Sites Act 1990 at present here, broken down by local authority area and length of time registered as derelict as recorded by local authorities. [36865/12]
View answerUnder the Derelict Sites Act 1990, local authorities are required to maintain a derelict sites register, which includes the name and address of each owner and occupier, where these can be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, of any land which, in the opinion of the local authority, is a derelict site. The register is kept at the offices of the local authority and is available for inspection at the offices of the authority during office hours.
Local authorities are currently in the process of submitting updated statistical information regarding derelict sites within their functional areas to my Department and summary data on the numbers of derelict sites registered by each local authority at end-2011 will be available in due course.
