Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 February 2012
183 Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is finance available having regard to demographic changes among older persons for sheltered housing schemes in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/12]
View answerOver recent years, sheltered housing projects have been provided, for the most part, by Approved Housing Bodies and funded under my Department's Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS). Work is currently underway on preparing the Social Housing Investment Programme for 2012, including projects funded under the CAS. Information submitted by local authorities for the 2012 programme is still being collated and examined. I will, in the context of an examination of existing programme commitments under CAS, give consideration to the financial scope for new CAS projects during 2012. I envisage making announcements in relation to budgets or allocations for the various housing supply programmes in early March.
184 Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of approved rehousing applications that are on the three local authority housing waiting lists in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10177/12]
View answerI have no function in the allocation of social housing or in the transfer of persons who are already in social housing, both of which are determined in accordance with the priority accorded under a housing authority's Allocation Scheme, the making of which is a reserved function.
