Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant properties which currently exist in County Louth; the number of these vacant properties owned by Louth County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12808/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Statistics on unoccupied housing across the State, including County Louth, has most recently been set out in a report by the Housing Agency, which is available at the following link:

Louth County Council had 59 vacant social housing units as at 27 May 2016, which represents 1.6% of their stock. A number of these are vacant/derelict units which the Council has recently acquired from private owners and which require major refurbishment. These units are at various stages of redesign, refurbishment or rebuild with a view to being made available as social housing. The balance of these units are being remediated by the Council through their ongoing programme to repair and re-let social housing.