I propose to take Questions Nos. 567 and 568 together.
My Department provides funding to local authorities for various social housing supports, including for adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock to meet the needs of local authority tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Funding provided by my Department meets 90% of the cost of the works, with each local authority providing the remaining 10%.
The allocations and recoupments in respect of adaptations and extensions to social housing in Sligo for the years 2013 to 2015 are set out in the following table:
Year
|
Allocation
|
Recouped
|
2013
|
€50,679
|
€113,493
|
2014
|
€109,128
|
€15,120
|
2015 (to 15 November)
|
€163,215
|
€177,225
|
Additional funding has been provided to Sligo County Council in respect of increased activity in 2015 under these measures. This is primarily associated with grants to adapt local authority houses to suit the needs of tenants with mobility issues.
The administration of this funding locally is a matter for each local authority, including decisions in relation to the projects to be implemented.