Local Authority Housing Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 June 2016

Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Questions (279)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

279. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 250 and 251 of 24 May 2016, if individual projects or bundles of projects in respect of adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock are meeting the needs of local authority tenants with a disability, or addressing overcrowding and requiring specific approval; if so, the number of specific projects or bundles of projects for which approval has been sought by both Galway City and County Councils that have yet not been sanctioned; the dates these projects were submitted to his Department in each case; when these projects will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14703/16]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

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 the local authority providing the remaining 10%.

Local authorities forward information to my Department on their funding requirements under this scheme. However, my Department has no role in relation to individual applications and the administration of the available funding is a matter for the local authority based on their assessment of priority and need at the time. It is also open to local authorities to seek additional funding over and above their allocation later in the year and my Department will facilitate such requests, where funding availability allows.