Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what funding was made available to Cork County Council in 2024 in terms of returning vacant housing units to council housing stock and making them available for allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5945/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities also have a legal obligation to ensure that all of their tenanted properties are compliant with the provisions of the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations, 2019.

Notwithstanding the legal obligation on local authorities, €31 million in overall funding under the Planned Maintenance/Voids Programme was approved in 2024. Of this, €1,144,000 was recouped by Cork County Council, which supported the remediation of 104 vacant dwellings last year.

Full details in relation to delivery under the 2024 Planned Maintenance/Voids Programme will be published across all local authorities in due course.