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Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 December 2013

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Questions (20)

Richard Boyd Barrett

Question:

20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 23 October 2013, if he will provide details of the 5000 new social housing units delivered in 2013, including a breakdown per local authority area; the number of these units that are new builds; the number that are voluntary housing units; the number delivered via leasing or other similar arrangements; the number acquired from the National Asset Management Agency; if he will provide the same information for the 5,000 expected units for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51935/13]

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The housing budget for 2013 provides a €310 million allocation in current spending while €275 million will be invested through the housing capital programme.

In the region of 5,000 units will be provided for social housing in 2013 including:

- 350 units for people with special housing needs;

- 150 units specifically for people leaving institutional care;

- an additional 400 permanent homes delivered through capital expenditure under the Social Housing Investment Programme;

- some 4,000 new units under Social Leasing and the Rental Accommodation Scheme, including housing units acquired under the Mortgage to Rent scheme.

At this stage of the year, it is not possible to provide a complete breakdown per local authority area of the location of all the above units. However a breakdown of delivery under Leasing to the end of October will be included with the official record along with a breakdown by county of the NAMA units identified, deemed suitable and completed or contracted to the end of September 2013.

The 2014 estimate for housing programme expenditure is €575.833 million which includes €302.762 million for current expenditure and €273.071 million for capital expenditure.

In the region of a further 5,000 units will be provided for social housing in 2014. This will include:

- 175 new units for people with special housing needs;

- a further 150 new units, to be provided specifically for people with disabilities leaving institutional care through leasing arrangements;

- an additional 200 new homes under the Social Housing Investment Programme;

- 1,200 new units through leasing arrangements (including 350 units through the Mortgage to Rent scheme and 400 unit sourced by NAMA); and

- a further 2,500 new transfers under the Rental Accommodation Scheme.

County

Leasing Units* To the end of October 2013

Carlow

4

Cavan

2

Clare

27

Cork City

1

Cork County

82

DLR

78

Donegal

18

Dublin City Council

100

Dublin Fingal

63

Dublin South

40

Galway City

18

Galway County

13

Kerry County

30

Kildare

12

Kilkenny

13

Laois

20

Limerick City

3

Longford

1

Louth

58

Mayo

34

Meath

4

Offaly

34

Sligo

4

Tipperary North

65

Tipperary South

12

Waterford County

3

Westmeath

71

Wexford

10

Wicklow

5

Overall

825

* Leasing units include mortgage to rent units and NAMA units delivered through Leasing

NAMA sourced units

County

Identified

Suitable

Complete/Contracted

Carlow

137

82

55

Cavan

47

-

-

Clare

169

19

7

Cork

471

271

36

Cork City

419

202

53

Donegal

95

59

-

Dublin City

628

252

55

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

328

122

58

Fingal

203

45

20

Galway

84

44

-

Galway City

117

117

45

Kerry

90

52

15

Kildare

243

97

57

Kilkenny

167

96

-

Laois

98

10

-

Leitrim

35

-

-

Limerick

112

9

9

Longford

31

11

-

Louth

27

27

27

Mayo

66

58

-

Meath

203

38

-

Monaghan

35

30

-

North Tipperary

13

-

-

Offaly

79

64

-

Roscommon

91

1

-

Sligo

46

15

-

South Dublin

60

42

-

South Tipperary

24

-

-

Waterford

65

27

-

Westmeath

42

29

4

Wexford

90

74

2

Wicklow

36

7

-

Total

4,351

1,900

443

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