Written answers

Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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737. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts he has granted to each local authority for local authority housing repairs in 2014 and in 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5366/16]

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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738. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts drawn down by Mayo County Council in 2014 and in 2015 for local authority housing repairs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5367/16]

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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739. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the remedies available to local authority tenants, where the local authority will not carry out necessary repairs to a home it has rented to a tenant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5368/16]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 737 to 739, inclusive, together.

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 under section 58 of the Housing Act, 1966 and are not directly funded by my Department.

Over and above maintenance programmes and responsive repairs of social housing by local authorities, my Department supports the authorities under a range of specific Exchequer funded programmes to improve the quality and availability of social housing stock. These programmes include the return of vacant properties to productive use, improving the energy efficiency of social housing stock and providing funding towards the cost of adaptations and extensions to meet the needs of tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding.

Details of expenditure under these measures, including the funding provided to Mayo County Council, for 2014 and 2015 are as follows:

Returning Vacant Properties to Productive Use

Local Authority 2014 2015
Carlow County Council €325,111 € 303,520
Cavan County Council €349,137 €307,018
Clare County Council €995,829 €1,472,533
Cork City Council €2,872,027 €4,522,819
Cork County Council €1,539,364 €2,091,5 02 *
DLR County Council €89,896 €262,768 *
Donegal County Council €919,797 €1,003,576
Dublin City Council €6,163,464 € 9,452,338
Fingal County Council €1,938,780 €1,624,632
Galway City Council €474,050 €222,025
Galway County Council €958,263 €705,347
Kerry County Council €718,938 €884,736
Kildare County Council €503,463 €359,808
Kilkenny County Council €484,430 €381,639
Laois County Council € 291,044 €61,228
Leitrim County Council €229,072 €177,474
Limerick City and County €915,969 €500,689
Longford County Council €313,250 €426,535
Louth County Council €113,620 €292,279
Mayo County Council €464,508 €878,600
Meath County Council €1,037,501 €855,565
Monaghan County Council €92,751 €100,502
Offaly County Council € 529,038 €551,532
Roscommon County Council €224,028 €258,773
Sligo County Council €311,648 €439,924
South Dublin County Council €627,408 €216,838 *
Tipperary County Council €935,801 €1,299,180
Waterford City and County €605,428 €488,724
Westmeath County Council €396,518 €650,813
Wexford County Council €316,307 €294,811
Wicklow County Council €650,204 €857,499
*2015 figures include funding from Local Property Tax in respect of three local authorities: Cork County €1,004,303; Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown € 262,768; South Dublin €108,987.

Energy Efficiency/Retrofitting Programme

Local Authority
2014 2015
Carlow County Council €385,922 €788,864
Cavan County Council €850,818 €775,874
Clare County Council €498,635 €518,285
Cork City Council €2,002,047 €3,260,660
Cork County Council €1,079,181 € 1,340,036*
DLR County Council €2,009,876 € 957,237*
Donegal County Council €800,503 €891,633
Dublin City Council €5,244,209 €3,828,503
Fingal County Council €1,897,600 €1,548,500
Galway City Council €497,190 €777,569
Galway County Council €390,515 €625,670
Kerry County Council €468,715 €549,315
Kildare County Council €1,528,046 € 617,455
Kilkenny County Council € 417,279 € 396,662
Laois County Council €753,953 € 555,936
Leitrim County Council €254,259 € 308,382
Limerick City and County €964,754 € 65,000
Longford County Council €370,286 € 321,974
Louth County Council €636,718 € 879,880
Mayo County Council €410,361 € 464,238
Meath County Council €676,837 € 1,079,905
Monaghan County Council €419,118 € 325,345
Offaly County Council €237,467 € 553,963
Roscommon County Council €472,438 € 232,886
Sligo County Council €344,450 € 652,028
South Dublin County Council€1,828,879 € 647,231*
Tipperary County Council €1,301,342 € 810,434
Waterford City and County €766,288 € 1,859,600
Westmeath County Council €859,733 € 489,788
Wexford County Council €1,031,290 € 446,196
Wicklow County Council €1,325,039 € 334,732
*2015 figures include funding from Local Property Tax in respect of three local authorities: Cork County €1,153,854; Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown €957,237; South Dublin €524,175.

Disabled Persons Grantand Extensionsto Local Authority Houses

Local Authority 2014 2015*
Carlow County Council €190,068 € 249,550
Cavan County Council €151,430 € 70,450
Clare County Council €192,671 € 288,478
Cork City Council €313,378 € 561,058
Cork County Council €490,998 € 423,045
DLR County Council €373,599 €212,915
Donegal County Council €160,461 € 294,669
Dublin City Council €610,488 € 1,180,919
Fingal County Council €364,367 € 373,894
Galway City Council €172,951 € 158,714
Galway County Council €148,991 € 145,693
Kerry County Council €194,820 € 271,095
Kildare County Council €193,926 € 354,808
Kilkenny County Council €326,193 € 273,483
Laois County Council €53,957 € 117,527
Leitrim County Council €56,243 € 65,826
Limerick City and County €455,302 € 408,566
Longford County Council €135,429 € 208,375
Louth County Council €415,176 € 442,662
Mayo County Council €401,330 € 229,001
Meath County Council €298,653 € 174,132
Monaghan County Council €91,060 € 77,748
Offaly County Council €39,937 € 201,093
Roscommon County Council €341,853 € 99,524
Sligo County Council €15,120 € 459,328
South Dublin County Council €382,686 € 306,805
Tipperary County Council €256,525 € 359,498
Waterford City and County €184,581 € 404,179
Westmeath County Council €87,059 € 140,446
Wexford County Council €410,738 € 529,325
Wicklow County Council €404,186 € 438,320
*2015 figures include funding from Local Property Tax in respect of six Local Authorities: Cork County €268,870; Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown €212,915; Dublin City €749,251; Galway City €18,912; South Dublin €306,805; Wicklow €236,713.

In relation to a situation where a local authority tenant is dissatisfied with the response of an authority to repairs, or other areas of service provision such as standard of accommodation, local authorities have put in place a multiple stage procedure for dealing with customer complaints. The first of these is discussing the complaint at the point of service, as this is usually the quickest and most efficient way to address the matter. If a complainant is unhappy with the outcome of the first stage, a formal complaint can then be made to the local authority concerned.

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