Written answers
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Housing Provision
Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the spending allocated to each local authority for the refurbishment or regeneration of vacant social housing in each of the years from 2014 to 2015 and to date in 2016. [7638/16]
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
The funding provided by my Department to local authorities in 2014 and 2015 to support their work in dealing with vacant social housing units is set out in the following table. This funding is in addition to the work and resources that local authorities deploy themselves to deal with this issue, which arises because the repair and re-letting of vacant social houses has always been part of the ongoing work that local authorities carry out on their social housing stock as part of their responsibilities as housing authorities under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Funding is being provided by my Department as a continuation of the support for local authorities for this activity into 2016. However, full year allocations are awaiting the finalisation of lists of units by authorities. Once finalised, the funding position will be kept under review as the year progresses.
- | 2014 | 2015 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Local Authority | Units returned | Funding | Units Returned | Funding | |
1 | Carlow | 42 | €325,111 | 28 | €300,650 |
2 | Cavan | 23 | €349,137 | 28 | €307,018 |
3 | Clare | 65 | €995,829 | 96 | €1,472,533 |
4 | Cork City | 212 | €2,872,027 | 281 | €4,522,819 |
5 | Cork County | 155 | €1,539,364 | 199 | €2,091,578 |
6 | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 5 | €89,896 | 24 | €262,768 |
7 | Donegal | 167 | €919,797 | 146 | €1,003,576 |
8 | Dublin City | 467 | €6,163,464 | 787 | €10,858,088 |
9 | Fingal | 165 | €1,938,780 | 139 | €1,624,632 |
10 | Galway City | 24 | €474,050 | 25 | €222,025 |
11 | Galway County | 76 | €958,263 | 59 | €705,347 |
12 | Kerry | 79 | €718,938 | 103 | €884,736 |
13 | Kildare | 49 | €503,463 | 20 | €359,808 |
14 | Kilkenny | 25 | €484,430 | 23 | €381,639 |
15 | Laois | 43 | €257,013 | 12 | €61,228 |
16 | Leitrim | 15 | €229,072 | 9 | €177,474 |
17 | Limerick | 98 | €915,969 | 52 | €500,689 |
18 | Longford | 16 | €313,250 | 22 | €426,535 |
19 | Louth | 18 | €113,620 | 21 | €292,279 |
20 | Mayo | 80 | €464,508 | 86* | €878,600 |
21 | Meath | 59 | €1,037,501 | 54 | €855,565 |
22 | Monaghan | 21 | €92,751 | 13 | €100,502 |
23 | Offaly | 35 | €514,000 | 55 | €551,532 |
24 | Roscommon | 34 | €224,028 | 36 | €258,773 |
25 | Sligo | 29 | €311,648 | 39 | €439,924 |
26 | South Dublin | 92 | €627,408 | 27 | €216,838 |
27 | Tipperary | 86 | €935,801 | 115 | €1,299,180 |
28 | Waterford | 42 | €605,428 | 56 | €488,724 |
29 | Westmeath | 56 | €396,518 | 74 | €650,813 |
30 | Wexford | 20 | €316,307 | 24 | €294,811 |
31 | Wicklow | 35 | €650,204 | 43 | €857,499 |
TOTAL | 2333 | €26,337,575 | 2696 | €33,348,183 |
Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a cap of €30,000 for local authority applications for funding for refurbishment of vacant social housing programmes to his Department. [7639/16]
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
The repair and re-letting of vacant social houses has always been part of the ongoing work that local authorities carry out on their social housing stock as part of their responsibilities as housing authorities under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. However, in 2014, in recognition of the need to address a build-up of vacant social houses, my Department introduced the current programme to support local authorities to return vacant social houses to productive use, with exchequer funding provided since then for some 5,000 such housing units at a cost of almost €60 million. This funding is provided to compliment the efforts that local authorities make from within their own resources.
The funding provided by my Department under the current exchequer-funded programme for the return of vacant social houses to productive use is up to €30,000 per unit, which is a strong level of funding support for the repair of a social housing unit. In fact, the average amount claimed under this programme is €12,000 per unit.
Alongside this programme, my Department has also recently implemented a new exchequer funding programme to support local authorities in remediating more seriously derelict social houses. Allocations to local authorities in respect of their proposals under this programme will be made shortly and it is expected that the average cost of remediation per unit will be in the region of €50,000.
No comments