John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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1047. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost to each local authority to refurbish a vacant property in order for it to return to housing stock, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12458/18]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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1048. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average target time for refurbishment of vacant properties in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12459/18]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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1049. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount each local authority spent on the refurbishment of vacant properties in their areas in 2016 and 2017, and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12460/18]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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1050. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties that have been refurbished and have returned to the housing stock in each Dublin local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12461/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1047 to 1050, inclusive, together.

Between 2014 and 2017, my Department provided funding to local authorities to return some 9,227 vacant units to productive use. Details on the number of voids, derelicts and 2 into 1s brought back into use are set out in the table. The purpose of the voids programme is to ensure that vacant units are actively targeted and returned to productive use, as quickly as possible. My Department does not keep statistics on the average time for refurbishment of vacant properties.

Under the voids programme, local authorities can claim up to €30,000 funding per unit. However, should they wish to do so, local authorities may also contribute funding from their own resources to complete these works. The derelicts and 2 into 1 programmes require greater levels of remediation with associated higher costs, in excess of the limits as set out in the voids programme. My Department does not keep data on the average cost to each local authority to refurbish a vacant property. Based on the funding provided by my Department and the units delivered between 2014 and 2017 outlined below, the overall average cost to refurbish a vacant property is approximately €13,000. This does not take into account monies paid by local authorities themselves on refurbishing vacant properties.

Voids Data 2014 to 2017: incorporating Voids, Derelicts and 2 into 1s Programmes