Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 October 2023
278. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many staff are employed in each local authority to investigate properties which may be liable for the derelict sites levy. [43748/23]
View answer279. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the number of sites, per local authority, deemed currently liable for the derelict sites levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43749/23]
View answer280. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of income received by each local authority in 2022 as a result of the derelict sites levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43751/23]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 278, 279 and 280 together.
Local authorities are required to submit an annual return to my Department providing information on the operation of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 in their functional areas. My Department issued Circular Letter PL 02/2023 on 15 March 2023 requesting the submission of returns on the operation of the Derelict Sites Act in 2022 by end of Q1 2023. In addition, my Department recently issued Circular Letter PL 10/2023 requesting authorities provide an updated data return in respect of 2022, the returns to which are expected shortly.
The table below contains the information requested regarding the operation of the derelict sites levy, as per the returns to Circular Letter PL 02/2023 from local authorities relating to the year 2022.
Under Section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he/she is responsible. My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this end, my Department gathers aggregate quarterly data on staff numbers in each local authority on a whole time equivalent basis.
However, granular data, in terms of the detailed breakdown of the numbers and grades of staff allocated to specific work areas within local authorities is not collected and consequently is not available in my Department. The relevant information would be available from the local authorities concerned.
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 |
No. of Derelict Sites levied during the year |
Amount levied during the year |
Amount received in respect of sites levied during 2022 |
Cumulative amount of levies outstanding at 31 December 2022 |
|
Carlow |
25 |
5 |
6 |
24 |
8 |
€ 148,194.00 |
€ 41,430.00 |
€ 328,731.00 |
|
Cavan |
11 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
|
Clare |
39 |
18 |
16 |
41 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
|
Cork County |
67 |
74 |
82 |
59 |
8 |
€ 31,150.00 |
€ 3,300.00 |
€ 27,850.00 |
|
Cork City |
95 |
29 |
15 |
109 |
59 |
€ 1,400,000.00 |
€ 281,564.00 |
€ 4,200,000.00 |
|
Donegal |
18 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
|
Dublin City |
76 |
11 |
9 |
78 |
60 |
€ 1,545,110.00 |
€ 490,029.00 |
€ 5,800,254.00 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
10 |
4 |
3 |
11 |
6 |
€ 195,760.00 |
€ 17,500.00 |
€ 637,809.00 |
|
Fingal |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ 7,500.00 |
|
Galway City |
9 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
1 |
€ 8,400.00 |
€ - |
€ 32,300.00 |
|
Galway County |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
|
Kerry |
65 |
11 |
26 |
50 |
45 |
€ 437,568.00 |
€ 2,407.00 |
€ 472,372.00 |
|
Kildare |
26 |
6 |
5 |
27 |
27 |
€ 260,079.00 |
€ 3,150.00 |
€ 489,942.00 |
|
Kilkenny |
13 |
8 |
1 |
20 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ 15,250.00 |
|
Laois |
11 |
8 |
3 |
16 |
4 |
€ 7,650.00 |
€ 3,300.00 |
€ 3,300.00 |
|
Leitrim |
36 |
0 |
15 |
21 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
|
Limerick City & County |
288 |
153 |
55 |
386 |
137 |
€ 794,952.00 |
€ 48,382.00 |
€ 1,510,623.00 |
|
Longford |
36 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
|
Louth |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
€ 33,300.00 |
€ 6,600.00 |
€ 59,700.00 |
|
Mayo |
281 |
32 |
29 |
284 |
47 |
€ 156,232.00 |
€ 11,024.00 |
€ 145,208.00 |
|
Meath |
30 |
11 |
4 |
37 |
22 |
€ 216,422.00 |
€ - |
€ 403,546.00 |
|
Monaghan |
30 |
8 |
0 |
38 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
|
Offaly |
17 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ 5,400.00 |
|
Roscommon |
3 |
11 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
|
Sligo |
26 |
6 |
2 |
30 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
|
South Dublin |
12 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ 182,050.00 |
|
Tipperary |
42 |
4 |
5 |
41 |
10 |
€ 37,144.00 |
€ - |
€ 131,081.00 |
|
Waterford City & County |
33 |
0 |
3 |
30 |
0 |
€ - |
€ - |
€ - |
|
Westmeath |
87 |
0 |
2 |
85 |
57 |
€ 230,300.00 |
€ 10,500.00 |
€ 2,040,236.00 |
|
Wexford |
64 |
9 |
9 |
64 |
23 |
€ 117,040.00 |
€ 50,700.00 |
€ 367,460.00 |
|
Wicklow |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
€ 19,250.00 |
€ - |
€ 51,350.00 |
|
Total |
1465 |
417 |
299 |
1583 |
519 |
€ 5,638,551.00 |
€ 969,886.00 |
€ 16,911,962.00 |
