Thomas Gould
Ceist:126. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided for voids to local authorities in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [34452/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 5 November 2020
Ceisteanna (126)
Freagraí scríofa
Under the Voids Programme funded by my Department, 1,503 vacant social housing homes were returned to productive use in 2019. This figure does not include homes which were returned to productive use by local authorities using funding from their own resources. Exchequer funding of some €26.7m was provided supporting local authorities in preparing vacant units for re-letting as detailed in the table below.
In March 2020, as part of the normal voids programme a call for proposals also issued for COVID-19 related voids funding to local authorities. To date, 401 vacant properties under the Covid subheading and 358 under the normal programme have already been returned to productive use at a cost of €8.9m and this work continues as a priority.
In addition, under the July stimulus a further €40m in funding was made available to support local authorities with their work in this area. This additional funding will see 2,500 vacant properties brought back into use. Work is progressing well with 1,527 properties already completed. All efforts are now being made by local authorities to refurbish and allocate the other homes.
My Department will continue to work with local authorities to ensure that as many vacant local authority homes as possible are refurbished and allocated this year. Final figures and the breakdown across each funding stream for the return of vacant units in relation to 2020 will be availabe in early 2021 and full details will be made available at that point.
|
Local Autority |
Units Returned in 2019 |
Funding 2019 |
|
Carlow |
14 |
€219,500 |
|
Cavan |
9 |
€117,161 |
|
Clare |
62 |
€2,194,139 |
|
Cork City |
69 |
€586,109 |
|
Cork County |
70 |
€1,653,333 |
|
Donegal |
43 |
€657,775 |
|
Dublin City^ |
495 |
€12,137,116 |
|
Fingal |
22 |
€219,738 |
|
South Dublin |
89 |
€914,084 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
83 |
€778,172 |
|
Galway City |
3 |
€29,590 |
|
Galway County |
39 |
€462,756 |
|
Kerry |
61 |
€635,306 |
|
Kildare |
11 |
€157,429 |
|
Kilkenny |
13 |
€157,130 |
|
Laois |
23 |
€204,617 |
|
Leitrim |
22 |
€269,262 |
|
Limerick |
75 |
€1,439,616 |
|
Longford |
19 |
€276,465 |
|
Louth |
5 |
€72,053 |
|
Mayo |
5 |
€15,664 |
|
Meath |
22 |
€303,197 |
|
Monaghan |
13 |
€110,638 |
|
Offaly |
18 |
€228,253 |
|
Roscommon |
2 |
€49,094 |
|
Sligo |
40 |
€476,358 |
|
Tipperary |
72 |
€937,644 |
|
Waterford |
55 |
€608,714 |
|
Westmeath |
7 |
€71,893 |
|
Wexford |
29 |
€449,690 |
|
Wicklow |
13 |
€235,309 |
|
1,503 |
€26,667,805 |