News Headlines | How the State ends up fining itself over derelict sites
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RT É Investigates found that Ireland’s derelict‑sites registers expose a paradox in which the State is effectively fining itself: out of roughly 2 500 listed properties, a significant share are owned by public bodies such as the HSE, CIÉ, the Office of Public Works and the Department of Education, which have collectively incurred hundreds of thousands of euros in levies for buildings left to decay—from a boarded‑up former health centre in Laois to abandoned HSE premises in Dublin and Wexford, long‑neglected railway properties owned by CIÉ, and vacant school sites held by the Department of Education. The report shows that many of these sites have remained derelict for years despite repeated complaints and promised redevelopment plans, while the levy system forces one arm of the State to charge another, recycling public money without visible progress. Similar problems appear in charities and Catholic organisations that hold derelict housing, and the investigation calls for a transparent, national derelict‑sites register to better identify and address the systemic failures that allow public‑owned decay to persist.
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https://www.rte.ie/news/investigations-unit/2026/0602/1575784-left-to-rot-how-the-state-ends-up-levying-itself/
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