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Capital Assistance Scheme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 January 2021

Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Questions (326)

Pádraig MacLochlainn

Question:

326. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding allocated to the capital assistance scheme in the past three years; the breakdown in funding by local authority; the amount drawn down in each year; the number of applications made; the number of the applications specifically made to housing projects for persons with disabilities in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3867/21]

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Information on the funding provision under the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) to each of the local authorities is set out below, for each of the three years 2018-20. Under CAS, funding of up to 100% of project costs may be advanced by local authorities to Approved Housing Bodies to provide accommodation for priority categories on the waiting list including elderly, people/families who are homeless and people with a disability.

Local Authority

2018

2019

2020

Carlow

1,007,013

943,064

2,968,399

Cavan

0

2,827,500

0

Clare

1,649,920

1,145,838

3,262,567

Cork City

2,817,421

5,535,170

7,116,166

Cork County

4,534,514

1,830,693

2,004,492

Donegal

414,745

0

1,354,588

Dublin City

19,225,212

17,012,458

19,791,071

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

5,149,732

1,484,998

3,926,540

Fingal

7,833,104

6,339,878

8,813,233

Galway City

489,288

2,414,593

1,933,938

Galway County

1,233,262

4,147,467

2,107,928

Kerry

1,805,031

1,235,936

1,176,653

Kilkenny

9,663,503

16,418,993

10,558,183

Kildare

3,160,893

2,933,821

4,564,808

Laois

97,783

86,764

373,126

Leitrim

39,853

47,968

0

Limerick City & County

7,445,546

6,818,975

3,084,746

Longford

0

0

272,819

Louth

1,136,852

159,505

773,673

Mayo

1,043,931

719,670

159,380

Meath

0

4,052,652

0

Monaghan

51,125

0

2,610,677

Offaly

1,065,744

1,780,485

2,449,387

Roscommon

270,300

0

0

Sligo

838,425

1,160,965

654,672

South Dublin

2,427,718

7,112,723

3,913,263

Tipperary

4,387,125

2,016,578

1,277,614

Waterford

994,532

2,470,188

4,609,111

Westmeath

293,513

0

661,945

Wexford

671,410

1,460,083

2,158,037

Wicklow

903,000

5,546,091

2,554,396

Totals

80,650,495

97,703,056

95,131,412

Details of the CAS housing units delivered are available on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#local-authority-acquisition. Data in relation to 2020 delivery is currently being finalised with the local authorities and will be published as soon as possible.

My Department does not have data on the precise applications to local authorities under CAS broken down between the different categories of possible tenants, including people with a disability. At the time of an application, the eventual allocation of the new housing may not be finalised. For example, new CAS housing units may be developed with accessibility or mobility-friendly features built in, but could equally be allocated to a person with disability or to an elderly person. The final allocation may only be decided on completion of the housing and may depend on who is on the Council’s waiting list at that time.

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