Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)
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1164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the amount allocated and the number of homes to be returned under the voids return scheme in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form. [18810/25]

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 to manage and maintain their own stock, my Department provides annual funding support to local authorities for management and maintenance under the current Planned Maintenance/Voids Programme.

€31 million of funding has been made available this year and has been allocated based on local authority ownership figures as per NOAC Performance Indicator Report 2023 as per the table below.