Written answers
Tuesday, 12 December 2006
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Local Authority Housing
11:00 am
Seymour 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]
Noel 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 Dwellings | Vacant for planned maintenance/regeneration | Balance of Vacant Dwellings |
Carlow | 11 | 3 | 8 |
Cavan | 53 | 5 | 48 |
Clare | 112 | 22 | 90 |
Cork | 218 | 42 | 176 |
Donegal | 51 | 3 | 48 |
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown | 173 | 147 | 26 |
Fingal | 39 | 0 | 39 |
Galway | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Kerry | 200 | 47 | 153 |
Kildare | 96 | 0 | 96 |
Kilkenny | 39 | 23 | 16 |
Laois | 33 | 0 | 33 |
Leitrim | 25 | 9 | 16 |
Limerick | 33 | 8 | 25 |
Longford | 77 | 11 | 66 |
Louth | 95 | 34 | 61 |
Mayo | 64 | 3 | 61 |
Meath | 89 | 8 | 81 |
Monaghan | 50 | 9 | 41 |
North Tipperary | 42 | 7 | 35 |
Offaly | 45 | 13 | 32 |
Roscommon | 58 | 1 | 57 |
Sligo | 113 | 43 | 70 |
South Dublin | 163 | 2 | 161 |
South Tipperary | 103 | 0 | 103 |
Waterford | 25 | 4 | 21 |
Westmeath | 36 | 11 | 25 |
Wexford | 114 | 33 | 81 |
Wicklow | 41 | 12 | 29 |
City Councils | |||
Cork | 400 | 323 | 77 |
Dublin | 2,493 | 1,952 | 541 |
Galway | 56 | 13 | 43 |
Limerick | 295 | 119 | 176 |
Waterford | 80 | 4 | 76 |
Countrywide Total | 5,539 | 2,927 | 2,612 |
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