Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016
232. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that was allocated by his Department or otherwise to Roscommon County Council for the refurbishment of local authority housing in each of the years 2013 to 2015. [39512/16]
View answer233. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that was invested by Roscommon County Council for the refurbishment of local authority housing in each of the years 2013 to 2015. [39513/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 233 together.
In addition to the local authorities’ own maintenance programmes, my Department supports local authorities to upgrade their social housing stock via targeted funding programmes, such as support for returning vacant social housing units back to productive use and a programme to undertake insulation retrofitting.
The following is the funding provided to Roscommon County Council under these initiatives from 2013 to 2015:
|
Funding Scheme |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Remediating Vacant Units |
Programme commenced 2014 |
€224,028 |
€258,773 |
|
Insulation Retrofitting Programme |
€186,232 |
€472,438 |
€232,886 |
The amount that each local authority has invested in its own housing stock is a matter for the authority, as housing authority for their area, and my Department does not hold that information.
