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Why are local authorities failing to collect derelict site levies?

Councils are owed more than €20.5 million in unpaid levies from the owners of hundreds of derelic...

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06.30 15 Jul 2024


Why are local authorities failing to collect derelict site levies?


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06.30 15 Jul 2024


Councils are owed more than €20.5 million in unpaid levies from the owners of hundreds of derelict sites. Data obtained by Social Democrats shows many councils are not collecting the charge or received minuscule payments last year compared with what they are owed.  

Joining Ciara this morning on the show was Rory Hearne, Associate Professor of Social Policy Maynooth University and author of Gaffs. 


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