Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to local authorities to bring back voids into use in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the percentage of the funding spent on returning a void to use that can be recouped by local authorities from his Department. [18883/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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During 2019, expenditure of some €26.6 million was recouped to local authorities under the Voids Programme.

This year, on 26 May, there was an initial call for proposals for COVID-19 related Voids funding for vacant units. The majority of works approved under this element of the programme are complete. My Department has approved funding of €4.8 million to support this programme to return 475 units.

I have secured an additional €30 million for the voids programme under the July stimulus. 

There is no minimum local contribution sought from local authorities under the voids programme. The capped funding per dwelling, can cover 100% of the costs incurred.