Written answers

Tuesday, 12 December 2006

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Local Authority Housing

11:00 am

Photo of Seymour CrawfordSeymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vacant local authority dwellings here on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42522/06]

Photo of Noel AhernNoel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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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 DwellingsVacant for planned maintenance/regenerationBalance of Vacant Dwellings
Carlow1138
Cavan53548
Clare1122290
Cork21842176
Donegal51348
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown17314726
Fingal39039
Galway17161
Kerry20047153
Kildare96096
Kilkenny392316
Laois33033
Leitrim25916
Limerick33825
Longford771166
Louth953461
Mayo64361
Meath89881
Monaghan50941
North Tipperary42735
Offaly451332
Roscommon58157
Sligo1134370
South Dublin1632161
South Tipperary1030103
Waterford25421
Westmeath361125
Wexford1143381
Wicklow411229
City Councils
Cork40032377
Dublin2,4931,952541
Galway561343
Limerick295119176
Waterford80476
Countrywide Total5,5392,9272,612

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