Derelict Sites
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-09
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Ged Nash (LAB), Louth

There is concern at official level in local authorities that it may not be the case that the revenue collected will be dispersed directly back to the local authorities where the subject sites are present. The Minister will understand those concerns. I draw some analogies between the transfer of the household charge, which the Minister will recall from the early 2010s, to the local property tax and how compliance improved. In fact, the transformation of the household charge to the property tax was quite successful from a collection point of view, looking at the compliance figures compared to the collection of the household charge, which was the responsibility of the local authorities at that point in time. It was for good reason that responsibility was transferred. It was done expeditiously and efficiently in a short period of time. Given the fact that we have derelict sites registers available to local authorities across the country, although they may need to be finessed, I do not accept for a minute, given the urgency of this matter, that we ought to wait until 2027 until Revenue has responsibility for collecting these charges.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-09