Written answers
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Repair and Leasing Scheme
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes brought into use under the repair and lease scheme by local authority and year; the number of applications and overall expenditure in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18368/19]
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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At the end of 2018, a total of 1,260 applications for the Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) had been received from property owners; 89 homes had been brought back into use and were tenanted; and 132 agreements for lease had been signed. A detailed breakdown of the RLS scheme data by local authority up to end Q4 2018 is available on my Department’s website at the following .
The data for Q1 2019 is currently being collected and will be published on my Department's website when available.
A breakdown of the 89 homes delivered under the scheme by year and Local Authority is set out in Table 1. Total expenditure in respect of homes delivered under RLS is set out in Table 2. Data in relation to total expenditure is based on local authority claims for operational RLS agreements recorded on the Department’s financial management system.
Table 1: RLS Delivery 2017 and 2018
Local Authority | Homes Delivered - 2017 | Homes Delivered - 2018 |
---|---|---|
Carlow County Council | 0 | 2 |
Dublin City Council | 0 | 1 |
Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council | 1 | 0 |
Fingal County Council | 0 | 7 |
Kilkenny County Council | 0 | 1 |
Limerick City & County Council | 0 | 8 |
Longford County Council | 0 | 6 |
Meath County Council | 0 | 1 |
Monaghan County Council | 0 | 4 |
Roscommon County Council | 0 | 2 |
Tipperary County Council | 0 | 1 |
Waterford City & County Council | 6 | 35 |
Westmeath County Council | 0 | 1 |
Wexford County Council | 2 | 11 |
Total | 9 | 80 |
Table 2: Total RLS Expenditure 2017 and 2018
Expenditure 2017 | Expenditure 2018 | |
---|---|---|
Capital | €196,385 | €1,613,107 |
Current | €30,189 | €280,395 |
Total | €226,574 | €1,893,502 |
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