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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report into the situation of the house (address provided), which South Dublin County Council has been involved with in the past and which is again returning to an even worse state and is the focal point for a lot of anti-social activity and a source of REAL intimidation to local residents?"

REPLY:

The Council continues to exercise the provisions of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 as amended in relation to this property which has been on the Derelict Sites Register since 15th August, 2016.

A series of correspondence and formal notices have been issued to the registered owner of the property. Initially, the representative of the registered owner engaged with the Council and made improvements at the property; but this engagement has ceased and efforts to make contact have been unsuccessful.

While South Dublin County Council has secured the bottom section of this property to prevent trespass, it must be noted that this is a private house and therefore the care and maintenance is the responsibility of the registered owner.  

The Council continues to monitor the site, and it was reinspected by the Building Inspector on 18th September, 2018.