Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 September 2014
245. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position on the housing schemes in operation; his plans for any new schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35054/14]
View answerUnder my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is provided to housing authorities in respect of a range of measures which include the construction and acquisition of houses and apartments by local authorities and approved housing bodies, the regeneration of large social housing estates and flat complexes, estate-wide remedial works, energy efficiency and retrofitting works, returning vacant properties to productive use, Traveller-specific accommodation and housing adaptation grant schemes for older people and people with a disability. Further details in relation to these measures are available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie.
Plans in relation to the future delivery of social housing are now being considered in the context of the new Social Housing Strategy, which it is intended will be considered by Government in the coming weeks. The Strategy will contain clear, measureable 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.
