Social and Affordable Housing.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 October 2005

Tuesday, 25 October 2005

Questions (114, 115)

Eamon Gilmore

Question:

175 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable houses provided under the 1999 scheme, Part V and Sustaining Progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30444/05]

Eamon Gilmore

Question:

587 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable houses provided under the 1999 scheme, Part V and Sustaining Progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30547/05]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. N. Ahern)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 and 587 together.

Information to June 2005 on the number of affordable housing units acquired under the 1999 affordable housing scheme and Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-04, is published in my Department's housing statistics bulletins, which are available in the Oireachtas Library and on the Department's website, www.environ.ie.

Almost 800 units have been completed under the affordable housing initiative, including from Part V, which is an important contributor to the initiative.