COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

South Dublin County Council Crest

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 08, 2024

QUESTION NO. 42

QUESTION: Councillor N. Whelan

To ask the Chief Executive to give a report on the number of housing maintenance. This report should include requests outstanding, the type of maintenance requested, and the month/year requests have been made.

REPLY:

The Council manages over 10,000 social homes and categorises maintenance requests depending on the nature of the problem. These categories are classified as emergency, urgent, routine or cyclical. We respond to requests for repairs according to the guidelines below:

CATEGORY

TIMESCALE

EXAMPLE

Emergency

1 – 5 working days

Smoking Fuse Board, Burst water tank

Urgent

10 working days

Leak under sink unit, Leaking roof

Routine

12 weeks +

Replace toilet cistern, Faulty radiator

Cyclical

1 – 7 years

Leaking gutters, replacement hall door etc.

Work Orders raised to date 2024 by category:

 

Plumbing

Electrical

Mechanical

Miscellaneous

Total

January

529

269

785

489

2072

February

393

206

476

437

1512

March

367

178

465

364

1374

April

390

204

498

361

1453

May

407

156

342

306

1211

June

337

160

296

252

1045

Totals

2423

1173

2862

2209

8667

Work Orders completed to date 2024 by category:

 

Plumbing

Electrical

Mechanical

Miscellaneous

Total

January

367

73

699

104

1243

February

349

101

460

209

1119

March

342

137

437

205

1121

April

328

153

471

161

1113

May

317

121

320

148

906

June

203

9

176

51

439

Totals

1906

594

2563

878

5941

Work Orders outstanding to date 2024

Work Orders Outstanding

 

Plumbing

517

Electrical

579

Mechanical

229

Miscellaneous

1331

Total

2726