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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 13, 2021

QUESTION NO.7

QUESTION: Councillor M. Johansson

To ask the Chief Executive what the average cost is of outsourced re-let works per unit?

REPLY:

The averaged expenditure on external contractor works to Council rented dwellings re-let in 2020 was €22,658 per unit. This average expenditure encompasses a wide veriety of works including kitchen replacement/works, bathroom works, joinery, plastering, tiling, flooring works, mechanical and electrical works and external works within the curtilage of the property,. 

The figures do exclude costs of works to clear the vacant homes of waste and previous tenants unwanted personal belongings carried out by our direct labour team, unless the level and type of waste contamination poses a health and safety risk and requires the expertise of external specialist trained contractors.