261. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided for CPO of properties; and the number of properties CPOed in each of the past five years, by local authority, in tabular form. [54079/26]
Topics / Compulsory Purchase Orders
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsCompulsory Purchase Orders
19 questions from 12 TDs, between 19 February 2025 and 15 July 2026.
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161. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to introducing measures to support compulsory purchase or facilitated land transfer mechanisms for small rural communities where critical infrastructure is being impeded by lack of available land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22970/26]
624. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people who are working under the CPO activation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22205/26]
324. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport whether he considers the use of compulsory purchase orders appropriate for the development of greenways and other leisure amenities; the guidance which has been issued to local authorities regarding the use of CPO powers in this context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14701/26]
267. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update as of January 2026 on the Programme for Government commitment to enhance compulsory purchase order powers to increase housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8832/26]
380. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the barriers that inhibit the use of compulsory purchase orders; whether legislative reform is planned during this Dáil term in relation to these orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2952/26]
81. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will introduce strengthened compulsory acquisition powers to enable local authorities to prioritise residential, mixed-use, and community development within town centres, rather than peripheral greenfield development, and to support the regeneration of derelict properties; and if he will make a statement on the matte…
3. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the number of compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, completed under the CPO activation programme and an update on the long-promised legislation to reform the CPO process as recommended by the Law Reform Commission. [54229/25]
294. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the targets for the CPO activation programme in 2024; and the numbers achieved by local authority, in tabular form. [53316/25]
295. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the targets for the CPO activation programme in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form. [53317/25]
296. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of buildings which are the subject of compulsory purchase orders under the CPO activation programme in 2023, by local authority, in tabular form. [53319/25]
334. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance to change the legislation and exempt compulsory purchase order compensation from capital gains tax, recognising that this is not a voluntary disposal of land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48861/25]
262. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of CPO applications made in each county to date in 2025, in tabular form. [36912/25]
258. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of CPO initiated against derelict property by each local authority each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28075/25]
585. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the total number of properties acquired under the Compulsory Purchase Order Activation Programme since April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26068/25]
586. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the number of properties acquired under the Compulsory Purchase Order Activation Programme in Dublin since April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26069/25]
41. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a report on the compulsory purchase order activation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24723/25]
930. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of compulsory purchase orders made by the local authorities in counties Wexford and Wicklow, from January 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12053/25]
123. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of compulsory purchase orders carried out by local authorities on derelict properties, per county, in tabular form. [6564/25]