Peadar Tóibín
Question:
457. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43147/24]
View answer
The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.
In the Heritage Division of my Department there are 6 vacant, long derelict, former residential properties, one of which is being repurposed as a staff base and the other 5 are in a completely derelict state and not suitable for habitation. There are a further 10 non-residential properties, 5 of which are ruins within the new Brú na Bóinne National Park complex, with longer term potential for restoring these heritage buildings in cooperation with the OPW; one is a derelict structure proposed to be redeveloped as a visitor centre; one is derelict with no services and is being redeveloped as a staff base; the remaining 3 are completely derelict with no services.
