Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 June 2020
1174. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the capital grants provided to Kerry County Council in 2018 and 2019 under the social housing investment programme to assist in the construction and renewal of social-rented accommodation for persons and families assessed as in need of housing support under categories (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8535/20]
View answerMy Department provides funding to local authorities to support a broad range of housing programmes, including the delivery of new social housing homes through build, acquisition and leasing and programmes which support maintenance, upgrades and improvement works to existing social housing stock.
The funding provided to Kerry County Council in 2018 and 2019 in respect of the various social housing construction programmes, social housing improvement works, Traveller Accommodation and Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability are set out in the table below (in which "build" encompasses local authority and approved housing body build activity and regeneration). Funding under build programmes can vary from one year to the next depending on the stage of progress on individual projects.
In addition to capital funding provided for the categories of social housing activity referred to, it should be noted that my Department also provides capital funding for the acquisition of homes for social housing, as well as current funding for leasing homes, in addition to funding under the Housing Assistance Payment and the Rental Accommodation Scheme.
A full detailed breakdown of social housing delivery by local authority area is available on my Department's website at the following link: https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision. In addition, the Q4 2019 Social Housing Construction Status Report, which contains scheme by scheme information on the progress of over 26,015 new social housing homes, either currently approved and progressing through planning, design and construction, as well as homes delivered to end Q4 2019, is available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: https://rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-publishes-social-housing-construction-status-report-for-q4-2019-2/.
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Kerry County Council |
2018 €m |
2019 €m |
|
Social Housing Build |
19.96 |
22.32 |
|
Traveller Accommodation |
0.06 |
0.08 |
|
Social Housing Improvement Works |
0.57 |
0.73 |
|
Private Housing Grants |
2.18 |
2.55 |
