Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2012
415. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority housing loans issued in each of the past four years to date; the number of shared ownership and other loans in this period; the extent if any to which provision will be made to increase availability of such loans in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54554/12]
View answerMy Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy and those data are available on my Department’s website www.environ.ie . Data on the number of local authority housing loans and shared ownership loans issued are published online. Loan finance remains available from local authorities for low and middle income borrowers and no funding restrictions have been placed on local authorities for the purposes of providing loan finance for house purchase or home improvement. However, in the context of the review of Part V announced by my predecessor on the publication of the Government’s housing policy statement in June 2011, all affordable housing schemes, including the Shared Ownership Scheme, have been stood down.
