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10 November '14
Motion

That this Council opens an ‘Unused Properties Register’. The owners of private properties that have been unused/empty for a period of more than six months (as per CSO Census 2011 and other official statistics) will be required to register their intention for use with Council. Where these properties remain idle for a period exceeding six months of registration date or where Council is not satisfied with intended use, by the powers granted to it under Section 213 (2) (A) of the Planning and Development Act (2000), this Council will immediately requisition these properties for immediate use as emergency housing, paying no more than a nominal transaction fee to the owner. The City Council agreed that this time would be amended to six months. The amended motion was put and carried. The Chief Executive clarified the legal position in relation to implementing this motion. He informed the City Council that he does not have the power to set up a register as requested nor to compulsorily acquire properties in the manner outlined in the motion.

Against
Passed by rollcall vote
  • Críona Ní Dhálaigh
  • Sonya Stapleton
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None recorded
  • housing and homelessness
For
31 councillors
  • Chris Andrews
  • Cathleen Carney Boud
  • Janice Boylan
  • Christy Burke
  • Claire Byrne
  • Patrick Costello
  • Ciarán Cuffe
  • Críona Ní Dhálaigh
  • Mícheál Mac Donncha
  • Daithí Doolan
  • Jonathan Dowdall
  • Pat Dunne
  • Gary Gannon
  • Paul Hand
  • Teresa Keegan
  • Greg Kelly
  • Dermot Lacey
  • John Lyons
  • Tina MacVeigh
  • Séamas McGrattan
  • Ray McHugh
  • Denise Mitchell
  • Rebecca Moynihan
  • Emma Murphy
  • Michael O'Brien
  • Ciarán O'Moore
  • Larry O'Toole
  • Noeleen Reilly
  • Éilis Ryan
  • Bríd Smith
  • Sonya Stapleton
Against
21 councillors
  • Kieran Binchy
  • Paddy Bourke
  • Brendan Carr
  • David Costello
  • Declan Flanagan
  • Mary Freehill
  • Seán Haughey
  • Deirdre Heney
  • Jane Horgan-Jones
  • Vincent Jackson
  • Frank Kennedy
  • Paul McAuliffe
  • Paddy McCartan
  • Ruairí McGinley
  • Andrew Montague
  • Naoise Ó Muirí
  • Jim O'Callaghan
  • Kate O'Connell
  • Noel Rock
  • Daithí de Róiste
  • Paddy Smyth
Abstain
1 councillor
  • Alison Gilliland