Social and Affordable Housing

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 January 2012

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Questions (161)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

148 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 18 January 2012, if he will provide a breakdown of the housing leasing initiative units for 2009, 2010 and 2011, indicating the number of units in each year sourced from unsold affordable housing; the number of units in each year managed by voluntary housing bodies, distinguishing whether the units were sourced from the private sector or unsold affordable housing; and if he will provide a list indicating the location of those units managed by voluntary housing bodies by local authority area. [4602/12]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Jan O’Sullivan)

The number of leasing units sourced each year for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 with a breakdown by unsold affordable, voluntary and housing authority sourced, along with information on their management is set out in the following table:

Year	Unsold Affordable (all managed by AHBS)	Approved Housing Body owned & managed by AHB	Private owned — managed by AHB	Private owned- leased to Housing Authority	Total
2009	437	—	—	—	437
2010	633	—	82	151	866
2011	476	74	41	602	1,193
Total	1,546	74	123	753	2,496

The breakdown by authority of these units is set out in the following table:

		Voluntary sourced and managed	Housing authority sourced
Housing Authority	Unsold Affordables	Voluntary Owned	Privately Owned	Privately Owned
Athlone Town Council			7	10
Athy Town Council	21
Birr Town Council				4
Bray Town Council				1
Buncrana Town Council				26
Carlow County Council	17
Cashel Town Council				1
Castlebar Town Council	20
Cavan County Council				3
Clare County Council				27
Clonmel Borough Council				14
Cork City Council	40		16	54
Cork County Council	314
DLR County Council	35		1	8
Donegal County Council	20			29
Drogheda Borough Council				4
Dublin City Council	355	66		49
Dundalk Town Council	24			42
Ennis Town Council				8
Fingal County Council	106			34
Galway City Council	56			67
Kildare County Council	57		31
Kilkenny County Council	9		15	4
Laois County Council	80		44
Letterkenny Town Council				32
Limerick County Council			5	8
Longford County Council				20
Louth County Council	24
Mayo County Council	3			13
Meath County Council	55	6	4
Monaghan County Council				1
Nenagh Town Council	24
North Tipperary County Council				7
Offaly County Council	20			17
Roscommon County Council	6			4
Sligo Borough Council				8
Sligo County Council				8
South Tipperary County Council				8
South Dublin County Council	148			128
Templemore Town Council				32
Waterford City Council				13
Waterford County Council	37			11
Westmeath County Council	58			16
Westport Town Council	3
Wexford County Council				34
Wicklow County Council				1
Thurles Town Council		2		4
Carlow Town Council	14
Bundoran Town Council				1
Wexford Borough Council				2
Grand Total	1,546	74	123	753