Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 May 2012
476 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the National Asset Management Agency-related housing units to be transferred into social housing that will be provided in Dublin city and county, broken down by local authority and by post code or townland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24907/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra477 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of National Asset Management Agency-related housing units he expects to be transferred into social use by the end of 2012; if NAMA has identified additional units to replace those from the original 2,000 announced that have been deemed unsuitable following local authority inspections and those that have been sold or rented on the private market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24918/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 476 and 477 together.
I refer to the reply to Question No. 278 of 8 May 2012.
Of the original 2,045 properties identified by NAMA for possible social housing, the following table sets out the breakdown of the 910 units identified in the Dublin region by authority:
|
Local Authority |
Properties |
|
Dublin City |
484 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Co. Co. |
210 |
|
Fingal Co. Co. |
198 |
|
South Dublin Co. Co. |
18 |
|
Total |
910 |
Given the number of variables involved it is not possible at this stage to provide a reliable estimate of the number of units that will be fully transferred to social use by the end of 2012. My Department and the Housing Agency continue to engage intensively with NAMA, including in respect of the identification of units to replace those no longer available or which are unsuitable, with the aim of ensuring progressive implementation of the commitment to the transfer of some 2,000 units by NAMA.
