Derelict Sites

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 February 2022

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Questions (320)

Thomas Gould

Question:

320. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if protected structures can be entered on the derelict sites register. [6323/22]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Protected structures and derelict sites are separate entities as they are covered by separate legislative provisions and are separately defined. Protected structures are provided for under Part 4 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (sections 51 to 80), while derelict sites are provided for under the Derelict Sites Act 1990. Therefore a structure cannot be both a protected structure as recorded on a local authority's record of protected structures and a derelict site recorded on the local derelict sites register.

The provisions in both Acts contain some similar powers i.e. local authorities can require the owners of both protected structures and derelict sites to carry out specified measures or works. They can also acquire either type of property by agreement or compulsorily. However no levy can be applied to a protected structure.