Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 May 2015
200. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the way the €1.5 billion allocated for social housing will be spent by his Department for each constituency; and the way the €57 million allocated for County Tipperary will be spent. [17914/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe social housing targets that I recently announced for all local authorities cover the period to 2017 and include almost 7,500 units that will be capital-funded and 15,400 current-funded units, which will support a combination of building, buying and leasing schemes by local authorities. My announcement also contained provisional funding allocations within the overall announcement of over €1.5 billion. These individual local authority allocations are sufficient to deliver the targeted units.
The overall delivery target for Tipperary County Council is 832 units in the period to 2017, broken down as follows:
|
Local Authority Housing/ AHB delivery/ Return of vacant properties |
Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme |
Rental Accommodation Scheme |
|
287 |
342 |
203 |
The provisional funding allocation to support the capital target of 287 units is €52.9m. Funding for the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) and the Rental Accommodation Scheme is provided on a national basis without individual local authority/ approved housing body funding allocations.
On 5 May 2015, I announced the first major direct build social housing programme under the Social Housing Strategy. This announcement covers 100 separate housing projects across all local authorities. Information including details of the projects approved for Tipperary County Council, is available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/News/MainBody,41340,en.htm.
