Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 October 2018

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Questions (231, 237, 238)

Gerry Adams

Question:

231. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 2018 maintenance budget at Louth County Council has been exhausted; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that Louth County Council tenants are being refused urgent maintenance and repair works meaning that in some cases they are being left without heating or running hot water; if a request has been made by Louth County Council for additional moneys; his views on whether this is an acceptable situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42570/18]

Gerry Adams

Question:

237. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) in County Louth who is a tenant of Louth County Council and who currently has no central heating at the tenant's property; if the issue will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42633/18]

Gerry Adams

Question:

238. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to persons (details supplied) in County Louth who are tenants of Louth County Council and currently have no central heating at their property; if the issue will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42634/18]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

I propose to take Questions Nos. 231, 237 and 238 together.

While my Department provides exchequer funding to local authorities to support eligible capital improvements to local authority housing, including through the Voids and energy efficiency Programmes, section 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 in the first instance. This includes the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive and pre-letting repairs, which would appear to encompass the issues referred to in the Questions.