Shared Ownership Scheme

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Questions (359)

Kevin Humphreys

Question:

359. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by local authority housing body of the outstanding number of persons in the shared ownership scheme in each local authority; the number in that scheme that are in arrears and the total number of loans in arrears; the number in arrears of more than 90 days, more than 180 days, and over a year, respectively; if he will also provide a breakdown of those in rental arrears; the number in arrears on the loan portion total; the number in arrears of more than 90 days, 180 day and over a yea, respectivelyr; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44456/13]

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Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

My Department does not specifically collect data on shared ownership loans arrears on a regular basis, but gather s housing loans arrears data generically on a quarterly basis. In order to conduct the review of the shared ownership scheme, which is still ongoing, my Department requested data from local authorities earlier in 2013, some of which related to arrears on shared ownership loans. These data were used by the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency in initiating and conducting that review.

The following table indicates the number of shared ownership loans in each local authority area and the number of such loans in arrears. My Department does not collect data on rental arrears in shared ownership cases.

Shared Ownership loans – Quarter 1 2013

Local Authority	No. of loans	In arrears
Carlow County Council	30	16
Cavan County Council	28	16
Clare County Council	118	64
Cork City Council	76	26
Cork County Council	449	254
Donegal County Council	153	88
Dublin City Council	1460	655
Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council	87	40
Fingal County Council	170	67
Galway City Council	17	7
Galway County Council	48	33
Kerry County Council	66	36
Kildare County Council	360	204
Kilkenny County Council	124	71
Laois County Council	219	150
Leitrim County Council	4	1
Limerick City Council	45	27
Limerick County Council	87	46
Longford County Council	42	15
Louth County Council	14	12
Mayo County Council	24	19
Meath County Council	62	23
Monaghan County Council	23	8
North Tipperary Co Council	47	15
Offaly County Council	21	9
Roscommon County Council	12	8
Sligo County Council	106	67
South Dublin County Council	136	63
South Tipperary Co Council	67	26
Waterford City Council	215	135
Waterford County Council	10	4
Westmeath County Council	74	45
Wexford County Council	31	22
Wicklow County Council	32	17
Totals	4457	2289