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Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 April 2019

Tuesday, 2 April 2019

Ceisteanna (582)

Micheál Martin

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582. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of voids in Cork city and county still awaiting repair since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14901/19]

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Under 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.

My Department does not keep data on the number of vacant or void local authority houses at a particular point in time. However, statistics in relation to social housing are compiled by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) in its annual reports on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities. These statistics are set out by local authority and include the percentage of total local authority dwellings that were vacant, with the most recent report relating to 2017. This report is available on the NOAC website at the following link: http://noac.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NOAC-Performance-Indicators-Report-2017.pdf.

From 2015 to end-2018, my Department provided €22.48m to Cork City and County Councils to support their work in returning vacant social housing stock to use for re-letting. The selection of the properties on which such funding is used is entirely a matter for the Councils.

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