Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2016
295. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of voided properties which have been refurbished and relet by each local authority from 2013 to date in 2016. [37512/16]
View answerThe routine turnaround of vacant social housing stock is a matter for each local authority. However, my Department in 2014 introduced a new target-driven and cost effective Voids Retrofitting Programme. The key objective of this revised programme is to return targeted vacant stock to a lettable, energy efficient condition at a reasonable cost. My Department’s funding is to support the authorities in tackling those houses that may require a greater level of remediation than the normal level of pre-letting repairs that is the responsibility of local authorities as part of their ongoing repair and maintenance of local authority housing. Funding is given on the condition that the re-letting of vacant social housing units is achieved with minimal delay.
The table sets out the details in tabular form of the numbers returned to productive use under the programme in 2014 and 2015 and details of the allocations for 2016.
|
Local Authority |
No of Units returned 2014 |
No of Units returned 2015 |
Allocations Approved (Units) 2016 |
|
Carlow |
42 |
28 |
8 |
|
Cavan |
23 |
28 |
16 |
|
Clare |
65 |
96 |
79 |
|
Cork City |
212 |
281 |
255 |
|
Cork County |
155 |
199 |
106 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
5 |
24 |
19 |
|
Donegal |
167 |
146 |
134 |
|
Dublin City |
467 |
787 |
574 |
|
Fingal |
165 |
139 |
171 |
|
Galway City |
24 |
25 |
22 |
|
Galway County |
76 |
59 |
49 |
|
Kerry |
79 |
103 |
103 |
|
Kildare |
49 |
20 |
26 |
|
Kilkenny |
25 |
23 |
16 |
|
Laois |
43 |
12 |
12 |
|
Leitrim |
15 |
9 |
47 |
|
Limerick |
98 |
52 |
18 |
|
Longford |
16 |
22 |
31 |
|
Louth |
18 |
21 |
8 |
|
Mayo |
80 |
86* |
26 |
|
Meath |
59 |
54 |
66 |
|
Monaghan |
21 |
13 |
47 |
|
Offaly |
35 |
55 |
44 |
|
Roscommon |
34 |
36 |
80 |
|
Sligo |
29 |
39 |
133 |
|
South Dublin |
92 |
27 |
75 |
|
Tipperary |
86 |
115 |
122 |
|
Waterford |
42 |
56 |
86 |
|
Westmeath |
56 |
74 |
57 |
|
Wexford |
20 |
24 |
23 |
|
Wicklow |
35 |
43 |
10 |
|
TOTAL |
2,333 |
2,696 |
2,463 |
