Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 April 2016
752. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure on acquiring second-hand social housing units in 2015; the number that were acquired; and the average cost per unit in County Dublin and outside County Dublin. [6298/16]
View answerThe combined spend in 2015 on the acquisition of new and previously owned houses and apartments for social housing use was €1 79.2 million, with €110.7 million provided by my Department from Exchequer funding and €68.5 million provided by certain local authorities from their own funding sources, including local property tax receipts.
A total of 1,096 properties were acquired. The average cost per unit across the four Dublin authorities was €227,000 and across the other authorities was €144,000.
