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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor Shane Moynihan

To ask the Chief Executive for the number of derelict/vacant house inspections in the Lucan-Palmerstown-North Clondalkin area over 2020 and 2021 and the outcomes of same.

REPLY:

Over the period in question, the Council carried out 83 Inspections under the provisions of the Derelict Sites Act related to 35 properties in the Lucan-Palmerstown-North Clondalkin area.

In 23 cases, the files have been closed mainly due to :

• upon inspection the property was not considered to be derelict within the definition conained in the Derelict Sites Act and therefore, there was no action open to the Council under the Act.
• the property was considered to be derelict and owners cooperarted with the Council's requests/notices, requiring works to be carried out

In the remaining 12 cases, the Council is continuing to pursue each one under the provisions of the Act.