Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
1588. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding provided by his Department for new local authority housing for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the plans to increase the allocation for new local authority housing in 2015 in view of the critical shortage of such accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34519/14]
View answerThe funding provided by my Department to local authorities for new social housing construction and acquisitions in 2011, 2012 and 2013, and allocated for 2014, is as follows:
|
YEAR |
FUNDING PROVIDED/ALLOCATED |
|
2011 |
€189.2m |
|
2012 |
€116.6m |
|
2013 |
€83.3m |
|
2014 |
€55m |
The above amounts are in addition to provision made in respect of other areas of social housing provision, such as assistance for approved housing bodies and regeneration schemes.
The allocation to be provided to local authorities for social housing purposes in 2015 will be determined in the course of the 2015 estimates process. Furthermore, my overall plans in relation to the future delivery of social housing will be set out in the new Social Housing Strategy which is currently in preparation, with the intention that it will be considered by Government in the coming weeks. It will contain clear, measurable actions to increase the supply of social housing, based on innovative solutions that will harness new funding streams, in order to continue to protect the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in our society.
