Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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747. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority housing units which are vacant in the Sligo County Council and in the Leitrim County Council areas; the amount of funding he has made available to each of these local authorities to fix vacant housing units; the number of housings units repaired and made available to tenants since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5503/16]

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Information in relation to ‘Total Social Housing Dwellings Stock’ including ‘Percentage Vacant’ is available on a local authority basis on the website of the NationalOversight and Audit Commission at the following link: . The most recent published information covering all local authorities is as at 31/12/2014.

The routine turnaround of vacant social housing stock is a matter for each local authority and is carried out under their on going maintenance programme. In addition to this activity on routine re-lettings, my Department also supports local authorities to tackle stock that is vacant and in need of remediation to allow it to be re-let. Funding under this programme was introduced in 2014, when a total of 2,300 units were supported nationally for return to use. A further 2,700 units were returned to use in 2015 with exchequer support at a cost over the two years of €59.7m.

The following is the funding and number of social housing units supported under this programme in 2014, when the programme was first available, and in 2015 in respect of counties Sligo and Leitrim.