Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 February 2014
495. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of known vacant apartment units in the city of Dublin, either finished units or partly finished units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7776/14]
View answer506. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will consult with all local authorities across the country to ascertain all vacant local authority dwellings in the country, and if he will provide same in tabular form. [7929/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 495 and 506 together.
The Eighth Annual Report on Service Indicators, published by the Local Government Management Services Board in 2013, which details service indicators in local authorities in 2011, provides a range of information in relation to the social housing stock in each local authority. Specific information is provided with regard to vacant housing units and on the average number of weeks taken by each local authority, from the date of vacation of a unit to the date when all necessary repairs are carried out, to re-let a unit. Copies of the report are available from the Local Government Management Agency and may be downloaded from their website (www.lgmsb.ie).
Information on the numbers of privately owned housing units in Dublin city which are currently vacant is not available in my Department.
