Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 July 2023
631. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a register for derelict properties on a county-on-county basis; and if so, if he will provide the number of registered derelict properties, by county. [36563/23]
View answerUnder the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act), 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. Under section 8(5) of the Act, a copy of the derelict sites register for any local authority can be inspected at the offices of that authority during office hours. Members of the public can engage with their local authority in relation to addressing individual derelict sites in their local areas.
Every year my Department requests a data return from local authorities on the implementation of the Act. This return includes information on, inter alia, the number of sites on the register at the beginning of the year, the number of sites entered onto, and removed from, the register during that year, and the number of sites on the register at the end of the year.
The table below contains the information requested based on the most recent returns from local authorities relating to the year 2022.
|
Local Authority |
No. of Derelict Sites on Register at 1 January 2022 |
No. of Derelict Sites entered onto Register during the year |
No. of Derelict Sites removed from Register during the year |
No. of Derelict Sites on Register at 31 December 2022 |
|
Carlow |
25 |
5 |
6 |
24 |
|
Cavan |
11 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
|
Clare |
39 |
18 |
16 |
41 |
|
Cork County |
67 |
74 |
82 |
59 |
|
Cork City |
95 |
29 |
15 |
109 |
|
Donegal |
18 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
|
Dublin City |
76 |
11 |
9 |
78 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
10 |
4 |
3 |
11 |
|
Fingal |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
Galway City |
9 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
|
Galway County |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
|
Kerry |
65 |
11 |
26 |
50 |
|
Kildare |
26 |
6 |
5 |
27 |
|
Kilkenny |
13 |
8 |
1 |
20 |
|
Laois |
11 |
8 |
3 |
16 |
|
Leitrim |
36 |
0 |
15 |
21 |
|
Limerick City & County |
288 |
153 |
55 |
386 |
|
Longford |
36 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
|
Louth |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Mayo |
281 |
32 |
29 |
284 |
|
Meath |
30 |
11 |
4 |
37 |
|
Monaghan |
30 |
8 |
0 |
38 |
|
Offaly |
17 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
|
Roscommon |
3 |
11 |
0 |
14 |
|
Sligo |
26 |
6 |
2 |
30 |
|
South Dublin |
12 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
|
Tipperary |
42 |
4 |
5 |
41 |
|
Waterford City & County |
33 |
0 |
3 |
30 |
|
Westmeath |
87 |
0 |
2 |
85 |
|
Wexford |
64 |
9 |
9 |
64 |
|
Wicklow |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Total |
1465 |
417 |
299 |
1583 |
