Voluntary Housing Sector

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Questions (507)

Robert Troy

Question:

507. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of voluntary housing associations that have received funding from his Department over the past three years; the amount of funding for each relative year; and if he will provide the amount of funding each local authority is provided with for the provision of housing. [3706/14]

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

Under the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) funding of up to 100% of the approved cost is available for the provision of accommodation to meet the needs of persons with specific categories of housing need including older people, people with an intellectual, physical or mental health disability, the homeless, returning emigrants and victims of domestic violence, etc.

My Department’s involvement with the CAS relates primarily to the provision of funds for individual projects. The detailed administration of the schemes, and the certification that projects comply with the terms and conditions of the funding schemes, are the responsibility of the relevant local authority.

The allocations under CAS to each housing authority for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 are set out in the following table:

CAS allocations to Local Authorities

Local Authority	2011	2012	2013
CARLOW	658,320	1,488,727	2,168,748
CAVAN	14,378	664,288	348,563
CLARE	787,153	885,309	2,827,788
CORK COUNTY	1,245,460	871,091	1,628,254
DONEGAL	515,591	871,158	448,236
DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN	385,573	1,512,349	457,141
FINGAL	2,132,123	4,969,304	1,625,163
SOUTH DUBLIN	3,096,552	4,367,485	1,229,114
GALWAY COUNTY	27,067	764,980	229,188
KERRY	2,789,529	242,052	63,308
KILDARE	1,956,675	1,891,864	842,708
KILKENNY	681,185	984,044	1,028,692
LAOIS	345,665	695,291	142,447
LEITRIM	10,000	22,115	10,000
LIMERICK	550,183	1,431,786	887,751
LONGFORD	802,912	1,123,017	212,308
LOUTH	-	728,437	760,433
MAYO	281,063	1,054,003	2,499,474
MEATH	21,108	685,743	961,298
MONAGHAN	86,636	1,125,300	1,191,568
OFFALY	178,248	1,139,322	539,520
ROSCOMMON	357,098	928,590	511,376
SLIGO	4,319,357	3,537,274	251,134
TIPPERARY NORTH	234,817	1,280,339	193,490
TIPPERARY SOUTH	1,089,300	485,615	338,374
WATERFORD COUNTY	176,359	1,448,472	409,222
WESTMEATH	213,733	590,314	118,647
WEXFORD COUNTY	254,723	269,551	229,384
WICKLOW	2,086,839	742,351	1,180,675
CORK CITY	547,937	1,222,763	844,687
DUBLIN CITY	4,968,484	10,258,397	9,327,326
GALWAY CITY	360,538	3,984,938	475,026
LIMERICK CITY	2,286,271	3,772,811	1,827,945
WATERFORD CITY	4,578,871	2,005,274	885,346
Totals	€38,039,748	€58,044,354	€36,694,334

Given that the funding provided to a local authority in any one year is intended to meet expenditure arising in respect of a substantial number of CAS schemes, some of which may have been completed and where final accounts have not yet been determined, schemes being progressed through construction or schemes being advanced through planning and design stage, it is not possible to outline the precise number of approved housing bodies which benefitted in each of the years in question without recourse to a detailed examination of projects across all local authorities and involving a very substantial amount of staff time and resources.