Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021
323. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of money requested by each local authority under the voids programme in 2020; the number of units proposed to be refurbished in each local authority; the amount allocated to each local authority from this fund in 2020; and the number of units to be refurbished in each local authority in tabular form. [11161/21]
View answerDuring 2020, funding of €56.4 million was paid by my Department for the remediation of 3,607 units under the Voids Programme.
The table below sets out the breakdown of each LA submission, approval and recoupment.
|
Local Authority |
Total No. of Units Sought |
Total Funding Sought |
Total No. of Units Approved |
Total Approved Funding |
Total Units Remediated |
Total Paid by DHLGH |
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|
Carlow |
45 |
€972,035 |
43 |
€807,974 |
33 |
€708,145 |
||
|
Cavan |
110 |
€1,359,933 |
101 |
€1,243,463 |
64 |
€1,045,638 |
||
|
Clare |
94 |
€1,883,421 |
79 |
€1,627,656 |
77 |
€1,541,011 |
||
|
Cork City |
380 |
€7,255,414 |
350 |
€6,460,414 |
340 |
€5,872,791 |
||
|
Cork County |
264 |
€6,779,880 |
226 |
€4,264,865 |
189 |
€3,907,947 |
||
|
Donegal |
188 |
€2,827,258 |
165 |
€2,177,591 |
140 |
€1,131,878 |
||
|
Dublin City |
641 |
€19,546,557 |
573 |
€11,701,315 |
556 |
€10,606,565 |
||
|
Fingal |
367 |
€4,790,417 |
324 |
€4,161,913 |
320 |
€3,800,289 |
||
|
South Dublin |
308 |
€5,791,889 |
277 |
€3,331,491 |
270 |
€2,946,175 |
||
|
DLR |
67 |
€1,868,256 |
64 |
€1,730,323 |
43 |
€1,554,659 |
||
|
Galway City |
111 |
€1,143,291 |
107 |
€1,103,771 |
91 |
€974,607 |
||
|
Galway County |
92 |
€1,583,840 |
78 |
€1,078,320 |
61 |
€761,894 |
||
|
Kerry |
119 |
€1,814,194 |
109 |
€1,589,494 |
88 |
€1,474,892 |
||
|
Kildare |
138 |
€2,416,350 |
124 |
€2,018,380 |
90 |
€1,849,880 |
||
|
Kilkenny |
76 |
€801,815 |
64 |
€696,501 |
60 |
€632,471 |
||
|
Laois |
77 |
€864,725 |
70 |
€684,101 |
71 |
€675,592 |
||
|
Leitrim |
39 |
€418,614 |
30 |
€352,914 |
27 |
€257,652 |
||
|
Limerick |
169 |
€3,279,637 |
155 |
€2,896,637 |
117 |
€2,774,556 |
||
|
Longford |
98 |
€2,565,263 |
91 |
€2,308,044 |
71 |
€2,114,363 |
||
|
Louth |
107 |
€1,245,939 |
94 |
€975,277 |
94 |
€885,943 |
||
|
Mayo |
90 |
€884,595 |
89 |
€861,464 |
70 |
€773,638 |
||
|
Meath |
168 |
€2,714,798 |
152 |
€2,377,554 |
146 |
€2,203,939 |
||
|
Monaghan |
70 |
€661,570 |
55 |
€509,973 |
44 |
€427,980 |
||
|
Offaly |
42 |
€706,591 |
38 |
€572,037 |
36 |
€500,564 |
||
|
Roscommon |
58 |
€644,365 |
45 |
€530,395 |
44 |
€379,534 |
||
|
Sligo |
70 |
€1,158,935 |
63 |
€1,071,435 |
59 |
€1,006,483 |
||
|
Tipperary |
142 |
€2,645,948 |
133 |
€2,533,448 |
131 |
€1,737,504 |
||
|
Waterford |
102 |
€2,120,479 |
100 |
€1,978,883 |
93 |
€1,758,663 |
||
|
Westmeath |
45 |
€557,180 |
43 |
€533,180 |
31 |
€471,394 |
||
|
Wexford |
53 |
€859,587 |
48 |
€585,087 |
44 |
€497,319 |
||
|
Wicklow |
137 |
€1,614,250 |
115 |
€1,310,481 |
107 |
€1,179,515 |
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|
Totals |
4,467 |
€83,777,025 |
4,005 |
64,074,380 |
3,607 |
€56,453,480 |
My Department will continue to support local authorities through the voids programme in 2021. It is however important that local authorities increasingly move towards a preventative maintenance approach to the management of their housing stock and my Department is working with the County and City Management Association and local authorities to this end.
