Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 April 2016
804. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant houses acquired back by local authorities, by quarter, and by county, in respect of social housing in each of the years 2013 to the first quarter of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7069/16]
View answerDealing with vacancies that occur within existing social housing stock is a normal part of the management function of local authorities. However, in 2014 my Department recognised that a backlog of such units had built up over several years and accordingly, we introduced a funding programme to support the efforts that local authorities make through their own resources in this regard. The programme is co-funded by the Exchequer and the EU Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020.
In the two years since this funding programme was introduced, over 5,000 units have been supported nationally and returned to use at a cost of some €60 million. Information in relation to this programme is collected on an annualised basis and the details for 2014 and 2015 are set out below. This represents the numbers of units returned to use by local authorities with funding support from my Department and it does not encompass those which are returned to use by local authorities within their own resources, as part of the day-to-day management of their stock.
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2014 |
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2015 |
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Local Authority |
No. of Units returned |
Funding Provided |
No. of Units Returned |
Funding Provided |
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1 |
Carlow |
42 |
€325,111 |
28 |
€300,650 |
|
2 |
Cavan |
23 |
€349,137 |
28 |
€307,018 |
|
3 |
Clare |
65 |
€995,829 |
96 |
€1,472,533 |
|
4 |
Cork City |
212 |
€2,872,027 |
281 |
€4,522,819 |
|
5 |
Cork County |
155 |
€1,539,364 |
199 |
€2,091,578 |
|
6 |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
5 |
€89,896 |
24 |
€262,768 |
|
7 |
Donegal |
167 |
€919,797 |
146 |
€1,003,576 |
|
8 |
Dublin City |
467 |
€6,163,464 |
787 |
€10,858,088 |
|
9 |
Fingal |
165 |
€1,938,780 |
139 |
€1,624,632 |
|
10 |
Galway City |
24 |
€474,050 |
25 |
€222,025 |
|
11 |
Galway County |
76 |
€958,263 |
59 |
€705,347 |
|
12 |
Kerry |
79 |
€718,938 |
103 |
€884,736 |
|
13 |
Kildare |
49 |
€503,463 |
20 |
€359,808 |
|
14 |
Kilkenny |
25 |
€484,430 |
23 |
€381,639 |
|
15 |
Laois |
43 |
€257,013 |
12 |
€61,228 |
|
16 |
Leitrim |
15 |
€229,072 |
9 |
€177,474 |
|
17 |
Limerick |
98 |
€915,969 |
52 |
€500,689 |
|
18 |
Longford |
16 |
€313,250 |
22 |
€426,535 |
|
19 |
Louth |
18 |
€113,620 |
21 |
€292,279 |
|
20 |
Mayo |
80 |
€464,508 |
86 |
€878,600 |
|
21 |
Meath |
59 |
€1,037,501 |
54 |
€855,565 |
|
22 |
Monaghan |
21 |
€92,751 |
13 |
€100,502 |
|
23 |
Offaly |
35 |
€514,000 |
55 |
€551,532 |
|
24 |
Roscommon |
34 |
€224,028 |
36 |
€258,773 |
|
25 |
Sligo |
29 |
€311,648 |
39 |
€439,924 |
|
26 |
South Dublin |
92 |
€627,408 |
27 |
€216,838 |
|
27 |
Tipperary |
86 |
€935,801 |
115 |
€1,299,180 |
|
28 |
Waterford |
42 |
€605,428 |
56 |
€488,724 |
|
29 |
Westmeath |
56 |
€396,518 |
74 |
€650,813 |
|
30 |
Wexford |
20 |
€316,307 |
24 |
€294,811 |
|
31 |
Wicklow |
35 |
€650,204 |
43 |
€857,499 |
