Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 7 September 2018
1404. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the balance of funding required to be provided by local authorities in addition to the funding they receive from his Department to bring void council homes back into use; his plans to reduce that contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36683/18]
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 supports local authorities in bringing vacant properties back to productive use by providing funding under the voids programme. The exchequer funding is additional to the support that local authorities provide themselves towards such work. Under this programme, local authorities can claim a maximum of €30,000 funding per unit and there are no plans to change this limit. The derelicts and 2 into 1 programmes require greater levels of remediation with associated higher costs, in excess of the limits as set out in the voids programme.
