Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 February 2018
599. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount each local authority has budgeted for repair and maintenance of its housing stock in each year for the past four years; and the amount of housing stock each has in tabular form. [8226/18]
View answerSection 58 of the Housing Act 1966 provides that the management and maintenance of local authority housing stock is a matter for each individual local authority. This includes the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs. My Department does not, therefore, retain the information sought by the Deputy.
Regarding the number of houses that are owned by local authorities, the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC), in their annual reports on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities, publishes a range of information in relation to social housing stock, including the total number of dwellings in each local authority area. The most recent NOAC report containing this information shows almost 130,000 homes provided directly by Local Authorities and is available at the following link: http://noac.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2015-PI-Report.pdf.
