Social and Affordable Housing.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 October 2006

Wednesday, 4 October 2006

Ceisteanna (92)

Michael D. Higgins

Ceist:

171 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the moneys collected to date by each local authority under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; the acreage of land received by each local authority under Part V of the Act; the amount of funding spent by each local authority in the provision of social and affordable housing; the amount of the land received which has been used by each local authority to build social and affordable housing; the number of houses built by each local authority under Section V to date; and the number of houses built in total in each local authority area since the enactment of the Planning and Development Act 2000. [30895/06]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. N. Ahern)

Information to end June 2006 on activity under Part V in each local authority area is on my Department's website at www.environ.ie. Information is also published in my Department’s Housing Statistics Bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. While the Bulletins include, inter alia, detailed information on housing activity, loans, social housing output and capital investment in housing, information as to the timescale for the development of lands received under Part V is not available in my Department.