Local Authority Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 January 2012

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Ceisteanna (413)

Patrick Nulty

Ceist:

460 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the levels of funding provided under section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, and the projected amount in 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of the funding drawn down in the period 2008-2011 and projected for 2012 by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5447/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Jan O’Sullivan)

Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with the housing authorities and the purposes for which housing authorities may incur expenditure in addressing homelessness are prescribed in Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Information in respect of funding provided under Section 10 for the 34 City and County Council areas for the years 2008 to 2011 is set out in the Table below. Funding is provided at the rate of 90% of cost with the housing authorities providing a further 10% from their own resources. My Department's funding provision for the running costs of homeless accommodation and related services for 2012 is €50 million, which together with 10% provided from housing authorities' own resources, brings the total available funding to €55 million in 2012.

The level of funding required for each housing authority area will vary from year to year, having regard inter alia to the gradual introduction of a ‘housing led’ approach and the ongoing reconfiguration of homeless services. The development in 2012 of more devolved regional service protocols and allocations for the provision of accommodation-related funding — commencing with the Dublin region — means that the projected outturn for each of the housing authority areas in 2012 is unknown. Devolution of Section 10 funding, as foreseen under the National Implementation Plan for the Homeless Strategy, will provide for an emphasis on increased decision making at local level, in lieu of the existing individual project based arrangements, and will improve overall efficiency, value for money and local decision making in homeless services.

Funding provided under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988

County-At-Large	2008	2009	2010	2011
	€	€	€	€
Carlow	133,351	138,139	168,698	178,262
Cavan	1,265	144	1,323	0
Clare	321,666	569,024	529.036	514,536
Cork	131,804	135,433	131,193	130,748
Donegal	164,753	115,318	116,620	119,254
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdowne	1,143,119	1,084,375	1,053,061	510,759
Fingal	445,285	853,455	813,029	825,898
South Dublin	864,916	724,768	754,914	762,609
Galway	109,887	107,913	107,760	104,128
Kerry	776,010	762,389	711,883	598,125
Kildare	397,286	338,510	392,477	319,467
Kilkenny	347,947	408,519	359,049	323,837
Laois	66,563	14,477	11,628	8,276
Leitrim	6,138	5,243	4,217	315
Limerick	327,022	300,399	280,733	279,608
Longford	214,524	197,100	205,584	197,100
Louth	1,124,724	1,186,469	935,874	908,358
Mayo	70,735	53,618	66,133	69,567
Meath	377,112	355,821	339,458	208,588
Monaghan	2,588	10,838	100,420	3,893
Offaly	112,095	28,623	7,970	4,307
Roscommon	11,639	1,193	9,738	0
Sligo	351,660	323,646	302,518	286,766
Tipperary North	124,673	200,325	187,734	221,059
Tipperary South	109,021	174,533	155,966	152,676
Waterford	1,026	36,674	54,271	40,000
Westmeath	289,856	518,870	441,162	415,215
Wexford	256,473	269,767	300,830	267,967
Wicklow	413,905	191,470	174,907	169,610
City Council
Cork	3,507,202	4,560,390	3,427,067	2,776.876
Dublin	35,923,683	36,304,944	37,900,371	33,633,259
Galway	1,682,850	2,012,589	1,515,657	1,054,001
Limerick	2,481,440	3,039,608	2,438,104	1,890,254
Waterford	941,887	918,971	704,073	1,147,734