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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 14, 2012

QUESTION NO.6

QUESTION: Councillor C. King

To ask the Manager, is it envisaged that a similar number and type of Housing Maintenance requests will be dealt with this year as was delivered last year based on the similar budget that was passed by this Council last December and can the Manager make a statement on the matter?

REPLY:

It is anticipated that the budget as adopted will allow sufficient funding to deal with a similar number and type of housing maintenance requests as for 2011.   However, every effort will be made to identify efficiencies in the area of Housing Maintenance as highlighted at the 2012 Budget meeting presentation on Division A and review procedures to make the service one which is more effective and cost efficient.   This in effect means that there will be strict adherence to Tenant and Council responsibilities with the exception of urgent and emergency requests. 

The Council completed 21,768 maintenance requests in 2011, which was a 93.10% completion rate and averaged at 2.4 requests per household.  This number of completions was the highest in the country based on the number of housing units.  4,814 maintenance requests were completed to the end of March  for 2012.