Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 May 2013
446. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities together with the number of grant applications made for works in lieu of housing in 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22831/13]
View answerThe Improvement Works in Lieu (IWIL) scheme allows local authorities to improve or extend privately owned accommodation which is occupied or intended to be occupied by an applicant approved for social housing as an alternative to the provision of social housing. Under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, capital funding is provided to housing authorities in respect of the IWIL scheme and for the provision of necessary adaptations or extensions to properties to meet the needs of tenants with a disability. In 2013 over €2.4 million has been allocated to housing authorities for this purpose. It is a matter for each local authority to decide on applications and the specific level of funding to be directed to each of these measures out of the allocations provided.
Data in relation to local authority housing stock, including completion figures for the IWIL programme funded by the Department, are available on my Department’s website, www.environ.ie. Data for the first quarter of 2013 will be available shortly.
