Kerry writes off €655,000 in 'unenforceable' derelict site levies

Kerry County Council had to remove all the sites from its derelict sites register and write off unpaid levies of €655k after 'various inaccuracies' were found in the files

Kerry County Council CEO Fearghal Reidy. Unpaid levies of €655k were written off after it was found they were 'unenforceable due to various inaccuracies in the files' Picture: Domnick Walsh 

Kerry County Council had to remove all the sites from its derelict sites register, and unpaid levies of €655k were written off after it was found they were “unenforceable due to various inaccuracies in the files”.

A report from the Local Government Audit Office highlighted the issue, which meant that no derelict site levy was collected in Kerry in 2024.