Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of residential voids within social housing stock for each of the local authorities throughout the country at present in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53936/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Local authorities will always have a level of vacancy in their housing stock. This will fluctuate over time as tenancy surrender and re-letting of stock is an ongoing process.

Data in relation to levels of vacancy, average turnaround times and reasons associated with this are not routinely collated by my Department. However, 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 vacancy and the average time taken to re-tenant a dwelling. The most recent report, relating to 2020, is available on the NOAC website at the following link:

noac.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/NOAC-Local-Authority-Performance-Indicator-Report-2020.pdf