Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2012
713. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of social housing units currently owned by voluntary housing associations; the number of these units that are specialised, that is sheltered, OPDs, specially adapted and so on; the number that are standard family housing on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48201/12]
View answerMy Department’s records show that a total of 25,900 units of accommodation have been provided by the approved Voluntary and Co-operative Housing Bodies. Some 10,501 of these were provided under the Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) and comprise largely standard housing for low-income families. 15,399 units of accommodation were funded under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) which provides funding of up to 100% of the cost of accommodation for persons with a disability, older persons, homeless etc. Given that individual housing bodies may cater for a range of special housing needs and that the accommodation provided by those bodies may be multi-purpose, it is not possible definitively to state the number of units which may be allocated to meet specialised housing need.
Information in relation to the numbers of CLSS and CAS units in each local authority area is set out in the following table:
|
Local Authority |
No. of Units under Capital Assistance Scheme |
No. of Units under Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme |
|
Carlow County Council |
272 |
254 |
|
Cavan County Council |
152 |
48 |
|
Clare County Council |
270 |
131 |
|
Cork County Council |
1,0 1 3 |
631 |
|
Cork City Council |
870 |
258 |
|
Donegal County Council |
625 |
452 |
|
Dublin City Council |
2,935 |
1731 |
|
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council |
490 |
366 |
|
Fingal County Council |
453 |
607 |
|
Galway County Council |
367 |
179 |
|
Galway City Council |
349 |
180 |
|
Kerry County Council |
429 |
179 |
|
Kildare County Council |
539 |
501 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
638 |
137 |
|
Laois County Council |
284 |
271 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
95 |
44 |
|
Limerick County Council |
605 |
103 |
|
Limerick City Council |
307 |
99 |
|
Longford County Council |
170 |
200 |
|
Louth County Council |
222 |
659 |
|
Mayo County Council |
676 |
194 |
|
Meath County Council |
211 |
180 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
248 |
76 |
|
Offaly County Council |
163 |
271 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
152 |
35 |
|
Sligo County Council |
306 |
265 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
362 |
941 |
|
Tipperary North County Council |
252 |
280 |
|
Tipperary South County Council |
327 |
418 |
|
Waterford County Council |
169 |
141 |
|
Waterford City Council |
594 |
268 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
199 |
0 |
|
Wexford County Council |
384 |
310 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
271 |
92 |
|
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15,399 |
10,501 |
