COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 12, 2022

QUESTION NO. 22

QUESTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Chief Executive what percentage of the housing maintenance budget has been used for so-called 'Response work' in both 2021 and in 2022 to date and what they define ‘Response Work’ to mean?

REPLY:

Response maintenance is defined as unplanned maintenance work that is deemed to be the Council's responsibility and which arises from maintenance requests submitted by tenants and/or inspections by Council staff, typically including plumbing, mechanical and electrical maintenance requests and excluding any repair work to vacant properties and any planned maintenance including the energy efficiency retrofit programme.

The annual expenditure on response housing maintenance and repairs was €9.37m in 2021 and is projected at €10.63m for 2022.

Depending on the specific works required the Council may engage either or both direct labour and contractors to carry out response maintenance work requests.