Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 July 2013
382. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department allocated for a particular site refurbishment (details supplied) in County Wicklow during 2013; the amount of this funding that has been drawn down to date and by whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33167/13]
View answer383. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the applications or expressions of interest he has received for the provision of services at a particular housing site (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if any of these approaches has involved the provision of funding from his Department; the amount of funding set aside for 2013 for the provision of services at the said site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33168/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 382 and 383 together.
Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is provided to local authorities for the construction or acquisition and refurbishment of dwellings to meet social housing need. On 1 March, I announced details of the capital allocations to local authorities in respect of the Social Housing Investment Programme for 2013. The allocation to Wicklow County Council included some €306,495 in respect of the project in question. So far, none of this allocation has been drawn down by the Council. No funding under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 has been approved or agreed by my Department for the operation of a homeless service at this location.
