Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 July 2014
338. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department has not conducted an investigation of claims made by a person (details supplied) in relation to the compulsory purchase order by Wicklow County Council of lands at Greystones. [30310/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraOn 24 April 2013 my Department published the report of the Independent Review by Mr. Seamus Woulfe SC in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land at Charlesland, County Wicklow, by Wicklow County Council. My Department commissioned the review following concerns expressed by Wicklow County Councillors and others with regard to issues around the acquisition of the lands at Charlesland for social housing purposes. The report concluded that there was no deviation by the Council from the relevant legal and administrative requirements or practices with regard to the compulsory acquisition concerned. The report is available on my Department’s website at the following link:
http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/News/MainBody,32869,en.htm .
Mr Seamus Woulfe SC also carried out an independent review of the management by my Department of the application by Wicklow County Council for loan approval in respect of the acquired land at Charlesland. The review was completed in 2012 and the report concluded that there was no material deviation by the Department from the relevant legal requirements and administrative requirements or practices. Copies of this report are also available at the following link:
http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/Housing/ filedownload,38421,en.pdf.
