Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 November 2018
178. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reasons given to NAMA for rejection and acceptance, respectively, by the local authorities and approved housing bodies of the social housing units offered to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46749/18]
View answerI am advised that NAMA has no role in the process of confirming demand for, and assessing the suitability of, properties for social housing. This is a matter between the Housing Agency and local authorities.
I am advised that an important consideration for local authorities is the requirement to provide for an appropriate mix of housing tenures and to avoid undue housing segregation within individual developments and wider residential areas. In some cases, properties for which demand was confirmed subsequently became unavailable – for example, they were sold or let during the period in which a decision was awaited from the local authority concerned. This is to be expected in the case of a live portfolio. In other cases, the properties identified were incomplete and required remediation works, which NAMA committed to funding if required.
The following table provides a breakdown by local authority of the 4,266 units involved and sets out the reasons given as to why the units were not utilised for social housing.
|
Local Authority |
No Demand |
Not suitable – sustainable communities |
Not Suitable for other reasons |
Not Available |
|
Carlow Co. Co. |
27 |
28 |
0 |
27 |
|
Cavan Co. Co. |
15 |
17 |
0 |
16 |
|
Clare Co. Co. |
31 |
118 |
0 |
9 |
|
Cork City |
0 |
178 |
0 |
135 |
|
Cork Co. Co. |
106 |
7 |
0 |
379 |
|
Donegal Co. Co. |
16 |
34 |
0 |
59 |
|
Dublin City |
15 |
223 |
8 |
183 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Co. Co. |
6 |
32 |
17 |
131 |
|
Fingal Co. Co. |
6 |
0 |
12 |
144 |
|
Galway City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
Galway Co. Co. |
20 |
40 |
0 |
50 |
|
Kerry Co. Co. |
76 |
0 |
0 |
86 |
|
Kildare Co. Co. |
48 |
14 |
19 |
99 |
|
Kilkenny Co. Co. |
34 |
6 |
0 |
83 |
|
Laois Co. Co. |
47 |
9 |
0 |
41 |
|
Leitrim Co. Co. |
35 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Limerick City & Co. Co. |
70 |
16 |
0 |
42 |
|
Longford Co. Co. |
15 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
|
Louth Co. Co. |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mayo Co. Co. |
17 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
|
Meath Co. Co. |
60 |
28 |
0 |
109 |
|
Monaghan Co. Co. |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Offaly Co. Co. |
37 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
|
Roscommon Co. Co. |
55 |
0 |
0 |
49 |
|
Sligo Co. Co. |
60 |
0 |
20 |
13 |
|
South Dublin Co. Co. |
0 |
446 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tipperary Co. Co. |
91 |
57 |
0 |
13 |
|
Waterford City & Co. Co. |
41 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
|
Westmeath Co. Co. |
65 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
|
Wexford Co. Co. |
65 |
0 |
0 |
53 |
|
Wicklow Co. Co. |
0 |
0 |
16 |
15 |
|
Totals |
1,066 |
1,266 |
92 |
1,842 |
