Kildare Co Council urged to reveal how much property and land it owns

Kildare Co Council has been requested to disclose how much property and land it owns within the county.

Cllr Fiona McLoughlin Healy claimed that this information was sought also in 2014.

The politician will raise the issue at the monthly meeting of Kildare Co Council in Naas on Monday.

Cllr McLoughlin Healy said: "The Council’s members are un-informed as to what land and property is owned by Kildare County Council, despite members requests for same since 2014.

The politician asked for the Council to "provide its elected representatives with the most up to date land and property asset registry, containing but not limited to the type of information that would be produced for reports to Government Departments including the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government."

At the same meeting Councillor Morgan McCabe will propose changes to how the Council prepares construction tenders for local authority housing.

The politician wants the process to include a mechanism "to ensure that subcontractors are guaranteed payment every 30 days from a separate fund within the contract and refer this for implementation to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government as well as the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform."