Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 March 2019
585. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount each local authority spent on the refurbishment of vacant properties in its areas in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10440/19]
View answerUnder Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, the management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, is a matter for each individual local authority.
Local authority housing stock becomes vacant and is refurbished and re-let on a continuous basis by the local authorities and my Department does not have information on such re-lets or their cost. My Department does provide some exchequer funding to support local authorities in tackling vacant social housing through the voids programme, particularly homes that would likely remain vacant for a significant period of time because of the scale of the works required. The programme assists local authorities in actively targeting such vacant properties, to minimise their turnaround and re-let times and return them to use in an energy efficient condition.
The following table shows the funding provided by my Department under the voids programme for each local authority for the years 2016 to 2018.
|
|
Funding 2016 |
Funding 2017 |
Funding 2018 |
|
Carlow |
€69,450 |
€91,750 |
€555,874 |
|
Cavan |
€307,530 |
€303,112 |
€270,779 |
|
Clare |
€1,329,700 |
€966,203 |
€906,400 |
|
Cork City |
€6,812,333 |
€1,485,357 |
€820,190 |
|
Cork County |
€1,270,488 |
€1,130,977 |
€4,351,122 |
|
Donegal |
€986,690 |
€1,866,898 |
€969,585 |
|
Dublin City |
€8,757,848 |
€8,520,549 |
€8,299,452 |
|
Fingal |
€1,725,774 |
€1,329,300 |
€589,150 |
|
South Dublin |
€703,736 |
€718,446 |
€574,589 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
€183,092 |
€283,531 |
€436,845 |
|
Galway City |
€346,650 |
€124,150 |
€0 |
|
Galway County |
€472,552 |
€401,159 |
€763,853 |
|
Kerry |
€917,549 |
€1,101,143 |
€1,132,446 |
|
Kildare |
€485,130 |
€205,960 |
€639,867 |
|
Kilkenny |
€351,278 |
€307,749 |
€212,293 |
|
Laois |
€97,053 |
€33,170 |
€97,688 |
|
Leitrim |
€712,404 |
€0 |
€387,427 |
|
Limerick |
€384,250 |
€215,520 |
€272,177 |
|
Longford |
€506,705 |
€0 |
€67,500 |
|
Louth |
€91,523 |
€83,518 |
€166,794 |
|
Mayo |
€233,089 |
€261,986 |
€204,474 |
|
Meath |
€1,435,700 |
€769,005 |
€836,941 |
|
Monaghan |
€667,944 |
€505,254 |
€496,283 |
|
Offaly |
€846,198 |
€107,792 |
€102,929 |
|
Roscommon |
€808,612 |
€44,324 |
€22,600 |
|
Sligo |
€1,097,909 |
€909,395 |
€1,650,283 |
|
Tipperary |
€1,204,318 |
€1,324,604 |
€771,582 |
|
Waterford |
€1,135,973 |
€574,309 |
€0 |
|
Westmeath |
€436,062 |
€329,113 |
€207,845 |
|
Wexford |
€167,007 |
€428,015 |
€0 |
|
Wicklow |
€245,887 |
€276,778 |
€452,145 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
€34,790,434 |
€24,699,067 |
€26,259,113 |
