Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021
349. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of refurbishments carried out under each of the void casual let refurbishment schemes, respectively, by local authority in 2020, in tabular form. [11934/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraDuring 2020, funding of €56.4 million was paid to Local Authorities from my Department for the remediation of 3,607 vacant units under the Voids Programme.
The table below provides a breakdown of the units remediated by each local authority for 2020. The numbers provided are based on total units returned under the Normal, Covid and July Stimulus Voids programme.
|
Local Authority |
Total Units Remediated |
Total Paid by DHLGH |
|
Carlow |
33 |
€708,145 |
|
Cavan |
64 |
€1,045,638 |
|
Clare |
77 |
€1,541,011 |
|
Cork City |
340 |
€5,872,791 |
|
Cork County |
189 |
€3,907,947 |
|
Donegal |
140 |
€1,131,878 |
|
Dublin City |
556 |
€10,606,565 |
|
Fingal |
320 |
€3,800,289 |
|
South Dublin |
270 |
€2,946,175 |
|
DLR |
43 |
€1,554,659 |
|
Galway City |
91 |
€974,607 |
|
Galway County |
61 |
€761,894 |
|
Kerry |
88 |
€1,474,892 |
|
Kildare |
90 |
€1,849,880 |
|
Kilkenny |
60 |
€632,471 |
|
Laois |
71 |
€675,592 |
|
Leitrim |
27 |
€257,652 |
|
Limerick |
117 |
€2,774,556 |
|
Longford |
71 |
€2,114,363 |
|
Louth |
94 |
€885,943 |
|
Mayo |
70 |
€773,638 |
|
Meath |
146 |
€2,203,939 |
|
Monaghan |
44 |
€427,980 |
|
Offaly |
36 |
€500,564 |
|
Roscommon |
44 |
€379,534 |
|
Sligo |
59 |
€1,006,483 |
|
Tipperary |
131 |
€1,737,504 |
|
Waterford |
93 |
€1,758,663 |
|
Westmeath |
31 |
€471,394 |
|
Wexford |
44 |
€497,319 |
|
Wicklow |
107 |
€1,179,515 |
|
Totals |
3,607 |
€56,453,480 |
My Department will continue to support local authorities through the voids programme in 2021. However, It is also important that local authorities increasingly move toward a preventative maintenance approach to the management of their housing stock and my Department is working with the CCMA and local authorities to this end.
