The management and maintenance of their rented dwellings, including the control of vacant dwellings, is the responsibility of the housing authority concerned.
The following table, based on local authority returns to my Department, indicates the most recent figures available on vacant dwellings.
Local Authority Vacant Dwellings (as at 31 December 2005)
County (including Borough and Town Councils)
|
Total Vacant Dwellings
|
Vacant for planned maintenance/regeneration
|
Balance of Vacant Dwellings
|
Carlow
|
11
|
3
|
8
|
Cavan
|
53
|
5
|
48
|
Clare
|
112
|
22
|
90
|
Cork
|
218
|
42
|
176
|
Donegal
|
51
|
3
|
48
|
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown
|
173
|
147
|
26
|
Fingal
|
39
|
0
|
39
|
Galway
|
17
|
16
|
1
|
Kerry
|
200
|
47
|
153
|
Kildare
|
96
|
0
|
96
|
Kilkenny
|
39
|
23
|
16
|
Laois
|
33
|
0
|
33
|
Leitrim
|
25
|
9
|
16
|
Limerick
|
33
|
8
|
25
|
Longford
|
77
|
11
|
66
|
Louth
|
95
|
34
|
61
|
Mayo
|
64
|
3
|
61
|
Meath
|
89
|
8
|
81
|
Monaghan
|
50
|
9
|
41
|
North Tipperary
|
42
|
7
|
35
|
Offaly
|
45
|
13
|
32
|
Roscommon
|
58
|
1
|
57
|
Sligo
|
113
|
43
|
70
|
South Dublin
|
163
|
2
|
161
|
South Tipperary
|
103
|
0
|
103
|
Waterford
|
25
|
4
|
21
|
Westmeath
|
36
|
11
|
25
|
Wexford
|
114
|
33
|
81
|
Wicklow
|
41
|
12
|
29
|
City Councils
|
|
|
|
Cork
|
400
|
323
|
77
|
Dublin
|
2,493
|
1,952
|
541
|
Galway
|
56
|
13
|
43
|
Limerick
|
295
|
119
|
176
|
Waterford
|
80
|
4
|
76
|
Countrywide Total
|
5,539
|
2,927
|
2,612
|