In 2024, Mayo County Council collected just €37,000 in Derelict Site Levies, despite the charge, which is to be applied to all 245 properties listed on the Derelict Sites register, being 7% of the property’s market value.
Speaking at the Environment and Climate Change Strategic Policy Committee meeting, Councillor Peter Flynn pointed out that the figure collected means that the local authority essentially just collected the 7% levy from a value €534,000.
The Fine Gael Councillor for Westport said, “There is an example of four houses left derelict in Westport since the recession, each one is about 2,000 square feet and are probably worth a million between them.”
Councillor Flynn has been speaking to Midwest Radio’s Scott Stephens, who started off by asking him why so little was collected…
