I propose to take Questions Nos. 825 and 842 together.
There are a broad range of funding and delivery mechanisms available to local authorities to deliver social housing and related supports in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). The funding is primarily provided by my Department directly to local authorities, who in turn, advance the funding to the AHBs, as appropriate.
Details on the funding provided to each individual AHB is not readily available within my Department. However, overall, for the last five years, over €2.7 billion was provided by my Department to the local authorities in respect of a range of AHB funded schemes as follows:
Year
|
Funding €m
|
2018
|
348
|
2019
|
430
|
2020
|
515
|
2021
|
633
|
2022
|
797
|
Total
|
2,72
|
Additionally, in respect of homeless expenditure, financial reports from each of the homeless regions, setting out expenditure on homeless services are published on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/#local-authority-regional-financial-reports/.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and AHBs in each local authority, including data on social housing acquisitions and new build delivery. This data is available to the end of 2022, and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/.