Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2013
674. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the actions that will be taken to resolve a housing issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [46219/13]
View answerUnder my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is provided to local authorities for a range of measures to improve the quality and standard of the social housing stock.
This year, my Department is providing funding of over €62 million to Dublin City Council in respect of their 2013 social housing programme. This includes €31m for regeneration projects in Ballymun and at a number of other locations in Dublin City. Funding is also being provided for the refurbishment of tenanted and vacant units at a number of locations, the energy retrofitting of older properties and the provision of extensions and adaptations to meet the specific needs of older tenants or persons with a disability.
Local Authorities are directly responsible for addressing housing need within their administrative areas and do so using a range of supply options supported with funding from my Department including permanent social housing, long-term leased units, units leased under the Rental Accommodation Scheme and voluntary and co-operative housing units. It is a matter for each authority to determine how the accommodation needs of individual tenants or housing applicants are met. As Minister, I am precluded from becoming directly involved in individual cases.
