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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 10, 2025

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor J. Spear

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the in 2025? Please include how much is outstanding and what steps the council is taking to collect.

REPLY:

The Derelict Sites Act 1990 imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site as defined in the legislation. The Act also imposes a duty on local authorities to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site.

SDCC maintains a Derelict Sites Register under section 8 of the Act for sites which they consider are derelict under the Act. Sites entered on the Derelict Sites Register are subject to an annual derelict sites levy of 7% of market value which will continue to apply until the site is rendered non-derelict.

To date Derelict Sites Levies totalling €279,722 have been applied in 2025. The Derelict Sites Levies received to date for 2025 is €61,169.

As per Section 24 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990, where derelict site levies remains unpaid, SDCC will place a charge on the relevant urban land, which will remain in place until payment of levies and interest due has been received.