Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 October 2024
103. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated revenue that could be raised by increasing the derelict site tax to 7%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40641/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe 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. 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. Local authority powers include requiring owners or occupiers to take appropriate measures on derelict sites, acquiring derelict sites by agreement, or compulsorily, and applying a derelict sites levy on derelict sites.
Based on the current legislative provisions under the Derelict Sites Act 1990, the derelict site levy due nationally to local authorities in 2023 at a rate of 7% of the market valuation of the properties listed on local authority derelict site registers was €5,619,898.
I understand that, following clarification, the question should have read “the estimated revenue that could be raised by increasing the derelict site tax by 7%”. On this basis, an increase in the derelict site levy by 7% in that year would have increased the amount due under the measure to in the order of €11m.
