Thomas Gould
Ceist:198. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the value of properties on the derelict sites register by local authority in 2019, in tabular form. [34333/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 29 June 2021
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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. However this data request does not include details of the value of properties on the derelict sites register.
Local authorities are required under section 8(1)(e) of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 to enter onto the register '...particulars of the market value of urban land as determined by the local authority, or by the Tribunal on appeal...'.
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. Therefore, the specified information may be requested from individual local authorities.