Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour)
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128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority voids returned to stock in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of voids in each local authority; the location of these voids within each local authority; the cost per unit of bringing each unit back in stock in the same period; the average turnaround time per year of bringing each unit back in stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10754/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Voids Programme funded by my Department, 13,769 vacant social housing homes were returned to productive use in the period 2015-2020. This figure does not include homes which were returned to productive use by local authorities using funding from their own resources.

Between 2015 and 2020, Exchequer funding of approximately €202.5m was provided supporting local authorities in preparing vacant units for re-letting.

The table below provides the full breakdown by local authority of the units funded by my Department during this time:

The average cost per unit in each of the years 2015 to 2020 is as follows:

Figures and the breakdown of funding for the return of vacant units in relation to 2021 will not be known until the 2021 programme is rolled out. Work on the design of the 2021 programme is ongoing and a call for proposals will issue shortly.

Statistics in relation to the social housing stock are published by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) in their Annual Reports on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities. These reports provide a range of information in relation to social housing stock, including the average time taken to re-tenant a dwelling. The most recent report, relating to 2019, is available on the NOAC website at the following link: