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Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 October 2013

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Questions (382)

Micheál Martin

Question:

382. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the €250 million allocated in 2012 for the refurbishment of social housing was spent; the local authorities to which funds were allocated and the number of housing units owned/managed by each local authority to which funds could potentially be applied; the criteria used to determine the allocation of these funds; if he will provide similar information for the 2013 allocation of €275 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41884/13]

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In 2012 a total of €394 million was recouped to local authorities under my Departments Social Housing Investment Programme (SHIP). Of this, some €149 million related to measures to improve the quality and standard of the social housing stock, including the regeneration of disadvantaged social housing estates and flat complexes, estate-wide remedial works schemes, funding for extensions and adaptations to properties to meet the needs of tenants with a disability, and a retrofitting measure to improve the energy efficiency of older stock. The allocations were based on the level of contractual commitments on approved projects, the work programmes submitted by local authorities and the level of progress and outputs achieved under each of the measures under SHIP over the course of the year.

In March 2013, I announced a capital provision of €275 million for allocation to 34 city and county councils in respect of my Department’s SHIP for 2013. Of this, some €121 million related to a range of measures aimed at improving the overall quality of the social housing stock. In July I announced details of a €50 million energy retrofitting measure for the period 2013-2015 which targets grants at older houses and apartments which lack adequate insulation and draught proofing. Some €10 million has been allocated for spending in the current year. The detailed information requested in relation to the breakdown of funding provided under the various improvement measures for 2012 and 2013 is set out in the following tables.

Final SHIP Allocations to Local Authorities in 2012

Local Authority

Regeneration

Remedial Works Scheme

Energy Efficiency

New Insulation Measure

Adaptations /Extensions

Carlow County Council

 -

 -

€136,685

-

€611,758

Cavan County Council

 -

 -

€518,080

-

€76,328

Clare County Council

 -

€1,040,480

€455,145

-

€155,630

Cork County Council

 -

€310,580

€710,727

-

€124,209

Cork City Council

 €11,160,000

 -

€1,198,370

-

€168,262

Donegal County Council

 -

 -

€563,428

-

€161,231

Dublin City Council

€48,000,000

€3,638,566

€3,991,502

-

€1,661,596

Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown

-

-

€658,504

-

€631,463

Fingal County Council

 -

€512,055

€769,599

-

€189,249

Galway City Council

 -

 -

€239,426

-

€92,647

Galway County Council

 -

€105,548

€336,274

-

€103,356

Kerry County Council

€2,687,404

€140,000

€615,570

-

€263,369

Kildare County Council

 -

€830,392

€468,204

-

€194,318

Kilkenny County Council

 -

€350,000

€458,238

-

€302,575

Laois County Council

 -

 -

€218,592

-

€106,504

Leitrim County Council

 -

€704,218

€198,943

-

€32,398

Limerick City Council

€34,889,544

 -

€705,365

-

€85,187

Limerick County Council

 -

€139,979

€1,212,501

-

€106,798

Longford County Council

 -

€220,900

€206,884

-

€113,001

Louth County Council

€968,505

€132,948

€409,128

-

€159,804

Mayo County Council

 -

€0

€349,967

-

€306,383

Meath County Council

 -

€5,027,538

€519,410

-

€155,059

Monaghan County Council

 -

€661,818

€380,333

-

€136,436

Offaly County Council

 -

€0

€152,736

-

€74,320

Roscommon County Council

 -

€43,464

€276,527

-

€240,889

Sligo County Council

 €1,900,610

€69,286

€231,671

-

€149,725

South Dublin County Council

 -

€1,681,451

€339,800

-

€340,845

Tipperary North

 -

€1,203,641

€501,864

-

€555,027

Tipperary South

 -

€1,920,512

€566,870

-

€196,350

Waterford City Council

€976,000

€231,628

€365,904

-

€324,029

Waterford County Council

-

€0

€392,370

-

€136,808

Westmeath County Council

 -

€454,800

€209,468

-

€102,113

Wexford County Council

 -

€0

€463,231

-

€353,279

Wicklow County Council

 -

€260,599

€1,028,112

-

€291,983

Total

€100,582,063

€19,680,403

€19,849,428

-

€8,702,929

SHIP Allocations to local Authorities 2013

Local Authority

Regeneration

Remedial Works Scheme

Energy Efficiency

New Insulation Measure

Adaptations/

Extensions

Carlow

-

-

160,436

160,436

45,311

Cavan

-

-

177,449

177,449

49,356

Clare

-

297,713

198,490

198,490

54,358

Cork County

-

700,000

451,724

451,724

114,561

Cork City

12,000,000

-

538,379

538,379

135,162

Donegal

-

-

319,012

319,012

83,010

Dublin City

31,000,000

9,800,000

1,488,987

1,488,987

300,000

Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown

 -

-

306,981

306,981

80,150

Fingal

-

400,000

313,924

313,924

83,581

Galway City

-

-

193,826

193,826

53,249

Galway Co

-

-

200,398

200,398

54,812

Kerry

4,000,000

120,487

292,936

292,936

76,811

Kildare

-

1,754,641

264,528

264,528

70,058

Kilkenny

-

-

188,844

188,844

52,065

Laois

-

-

183,279

183,279

50,742

Leitrim

-

701,380

127,629

127,629

37,512

Limerick City

28,000,000

-

241,102

241,102

64,488

Limerick Co

-

-

188,473

188,473

51,977

Longford

-

750,000

176,230

176,230

49,066

Louth

2,000,000

-

269,192

269,192

71,166

Mayo

-

75,000

190,328

190,328

52,418

Meath

-

132,609

233,099

233,099

62,586

Monaghan

 -

550,000

148,087

148,087

42,375

Offaly

-

-

167,803

167,803

47,063

Roscommon

-

12,619

146,603

146,603

42,023

Sligo

3,000,000

225,000

183,014

183,014

50,679

South Dublin

-

1,871,178

553,908

553,908

138,854

Tipperary North

-

831,464

171,460

171,460

47,932

Tipperary South

-

665,983

227,640

227,640

61,288

Waterford City

-

 -

235,855

235,855

63,241

Waterford Co

-

 -

168,651

168,651

47,264

Westmeath

-

-

165,736

165,736

46,571

Wexford

-

-

298,448

298,448

78,122

Wicklow

-

-

310,532

310,532

€80,994

Total

€80,000,000

€18,888,074

€9,482,983

€9,482,983

€2,438,845

Information on the local authority social housing stock, including the numbers of properties within each local authority, is collated and published as part of the annual Service Indicators in Local Authorities Report. Copies are available from the Local Government Management Agency and may be downloaded from their website (www.lgma.ie).

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