Social Value Ideas for Dublin City Council or similar (Dublin is in Ireland, not UK)

Housing repairs framework

Housing maintenance is preparing a new two-year repairs and maintenance framework and expects it to go to market within about a month. This is a clear procurement opportunity covering responsive housi…

“Then we are always working on procurement processes as well as. The new repairs and maintenance framework, there will be a two year framework. So we'r…”

Aging Housing Stock Maintenance Crisis

Critical pressure on Dublin City Council's housing maintenance due to severely aging housing stock: 50% of 29,000 council homes are over 55 years old and require extensive upgrade works. Insufficient …

“50% of those homes are over 55 years of age and require extensive upgrade works to bring them in line with the standards and currently there's insuffi…”

Multi-million repairs framework renewal

Housing maintenance is renewing its external contractor framework for reactive repairs this year. The existing framework is worth about £48 million over two years and covers 21 contractors across 12 a…

“So how do we deliver that service then? We do it by a combination of direct labour workforce and our multi -party framework where we contract out quit…”

Housing Maintenance Backlog - Multiple Complexes in Distress

Dublin City Council housing maintenance systems are severely strained, with multiple residential complexes experiencing critical maintenance issues. Cromcastle Court residents protested outside City H…

“As of the 1st of May, there was 42 repair requests in, of which we had closed 34 of them. Heating repair systems in Block 1 and 2 have been completed.…”

Housing maintenance framework renewal

The housing maintenance team is running a large external contractor framework that is due to expire this year. Officers said the current multi-party framework covers 21 contractors across 12 area lots…

“How do we deliver the service then? We do it by a combination of direct labour and external contractors. So on the direct labour piece we have a workf…”

Housing IT and mobile upgrade

The service is investing in an overall housing IT system upgrade, the national 'Adjust' project, and mobile enablement for operational staff. This is intended to digitise repair logging, tracking and …

“One, there is an overall upgrade of the housing IT system. People might be familiar with people referring to the OMS system and we are upgrading that …”

High repair demand and ageing workforce

Housing maintenance is under strong operational pressure from very high repair volumes, an ageing workforce, and vacancies. The service logged 73,611 repair requests in 2025 for 26,500 tenancies. Mana…

“On a city wide level then we serve about 26 ,500 tenants so that would be the number of live tenancies that there are at any given time and the volume…”

Variation 10 approved

Dublin City Council adopted Variation 10 of the development plan, making the proposed material alterations immediately effective. The variation concerned the Kylemore/Clondalkin area and followed publ…

“The members of the authority have been considered proposed variation number 10 of the Dublin City Development Plan 2022 to 2028 and accompanying strat…”

Santry rezoning to Z1

The council approved rezoning the Sheanowen/Santry site from Z6 employment use to Z1 residential neighbourhood use, despite significant opposition from residents and some councillors. Supporters argue…

“Lands just zoning objective said six to Land's at Chinoan Road, Santry. Is that amendment agreed? Someone has seconded it? No. Roll call. Surely. Ther…”

Santry framework plan

The council approved an amendment requiring a framework plan for the Santry area, with engagement to begin in 2026 and completion within the current development plan period. This was strengthened duri…

“This framework can also consider the wider social community needs of the existing community, including those related to underdeveloped residentially r…”

Rental Income Growth €500m over 5 Years

Dublin City Council has generated just short of €500m in rental income from council housing stock over the last 5 years. The council manages 26,347 tenancies housing 69,000 occupants (approximately 11…

“In the last 5 years, the income generated from rents of our stock is just short of €500 million, which is not insignificant. We have 26,347 tenancies …”

Housing Maintenance Funding Deficit

Dublin City Council faces significant budget pressure with €180m annual spending on housing maintenance against only €110m in rental income generation, creating a €70m annual gap. While rental income …

“The bridging of the gap between the expenditure and housing maintenance last year. Look, we spent €180 million on housing maintenance in all various f…”