My Department does not provide funding to local authorities in respect of the routine turnaround of social housing stock; this would be a matter for each local authority as part of their normal responsibilities for maintaining their social housing properties. In 2014 my Department introduced a new, target-driven programme to support local authorities to return vacant properties to productive use where the costs exceed the cost of the normal end of lease maintenance and where energy efficiency upgrades to the property can be implemented. Funding is conditional on a commitment that the accommodation will be occupied immediately following the works, with priority given to homeless families to the fullest extent possible.
Over 5,000 social housing units have been returned to productive use through the support of this programme in 2014 and 2015; details are set out in the following table.
The average length of time taken by local authorities to return vacant social housing units to use is recorded as part of reports on Service Indicators in Local Authorities prepared by the Local Government Management Agency, which can be accessed at the following link: wwlgmai/en/serviceindicators/2004to2013.
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Local Authority
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Number of Units returned 2014
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Funding 2014
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Number of Units returned 2015
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Funding
2015
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1
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Carlow
|
42
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€325,111
|
28
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€300,650
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2
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Cavan
|
23
|
€349,137
|
28
|
€307,018
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3
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Clare
|
65
|
€995,829
|
96
|
€1,472,533
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|
4
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Cork City
|
212
|
€2,872,027
|
281
|
€4,522,819
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|
5
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Cork County
|
155
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€1,539,364
|
199
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€2,091,578
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6
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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
|
5
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€89,896
|
24
|
€262,768
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|
7
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Donegal
|
167
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€919,797
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146
|
€1,003,576
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|
8
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Dublin City
|
467
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€6,163,464
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787
|
€10,858,088
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|
9
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Fingal
|
165
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€1,938,780
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139
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€1,624,632
|
|
10
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Galway City
|
24
|
€474,050
|
25
|
€222,025
|
|
11
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Galway County
|
76
|
€958,263
|
59
|
€705,347
|
|
12
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Kerry
|
79
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€718,938
|
103
|
€884,736
|
|
13
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Kildare
|
49
|
€503,463
|
20
|
€359,808
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|
14
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Kilkenny
|
25
|
€484,430
|
23
|
€381,639
|
|
15
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Laois
|
43
|
€257,013
|
12
|
€61,228
|
|
16
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Leitrim
|
15
|
€229,072
|
9
|
€177,474
|
|
17
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Limerick
|
98
|
€915,969
|
52
|
€500,689
|
|
18
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Longford
|
16
|
€313,250
|
22
|
€426,535
|
|
19
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Louth
|
18
|
€113,620
|
21
|
€292,279
|
|
20
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Mayo
|
80
|
€464,508
|
86
|
€879,400
|
|
21
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Meath
|
59
|
€1,037,501
|
54
|
€855,565
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|
22
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Monaghan
|
21
|
€92,751
|
13
|
€100,502
|
|
23
|
Offaly
|
35
|
€514,000
|
55
|
€551,532
|
|
24
|
Roscommon
|
34
|
€224,028
|
36
|
€258,773
|
|
25
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Sligo
|
29
|
€311,648
|
39
|
€439,924
|
|
26
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South Dublin
|
92
|
€627,408
|
27
|
€216,838
|
|
27
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Tipperary
|
86
|
€935,801
|
115
|
€1,299,180
|
|
28
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Waterford
|
42
|
€605,428
|
56
|
€488,724
|
|
29
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Westmeath
|
56
|
€396,518
|
74
|
€650,813
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|
30
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Wexford
|
20
|
€316,307
|
24
|
€294,811
|
|
31
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Wicklow
|
35
|
€650,204
|
43
|
€857,499
|
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TOTAL
|
2333
|
€26,337,575
|
2696
|
€33,348,183
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