Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2014
693. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if money in a council's housing and building capital fund may be diverted and spent on other purposes including, for example, land acquisition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13555/14]
View answerUnder my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme (SHIP), capital allocations are not ified to local authorities in respect of the various housing measures, including housing construction and acquisition, regeneration of run-down social housing estates and flat complexes, the energy retrofitting of older properties and estate-wide remedial works. The allocations are specific to each measure and intended to fund approved projects and work programmes. In the case of construction projects, the capital allocations may include the cost of land where appropriate.
