Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 February 2017
208. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rate of vacant housing units in relation to housing stock belonging to each of the 31 local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9113/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraInformation on the number of dwellings vacant in each local authority area is set out in reports of the National Oversight and Audit Commission. The most recent report, ‘Performance Indicators in Local Authorities 2015’, is available at the following link: http://noac.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2015-PI-Report.pdf.
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 under section 58 of the Housing Act, 1966 and are not directly funded by my Department.
It should be noted that the Voids programme introduced in 2014, along with the Derelicts programme introduced in 2016, have seen the remediation of approximately 7,200 units between 2014 and 2016. These programmes have provided funding to support the authorities in tackling those houses that may require a greater level of remediation than the normal level of pre-letting repairs, which remain the responsibility of local authorities as part of their on-going repair and maintenance of local authority housing.
