Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)
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794. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall budget assigned to planned maintenance and stock surveys in each of the past five years. [29528/25]

Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)
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795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of a stock survey per unit. [29530/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 794 and 795 together.

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.

In 2022, 2023 and 2024, funding of €5m was made available to local authorities to commence and in some cases continue the transition from a largely response-based approach to the maintenance of local authority housing stock to a planned maintenance approach, based on planned work programmes informed by stock condition surveys. Funding for Planned Maintenance has increased to €10m this year and the programme aims to support all local authority housing, rather than only vacant units.

My Department provides funding for Stock Condition Surveys completed using the new ICT Management System hosted centrally by the LGMA. Funding of €150 per survey per property is available from my Department.