Local Authority Housing Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 October 2015

Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Ceisteanna (417)

Robert Troy

Ceist:

417. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the allocated funding for housing in counties Longford and Westmeath for each of the years 2008 to 2015 to date. [35658/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

Under my Department’s Capital and Current expenditure, funding is provided to housing authorities in respect of a range of social housing initiatives. Details of expenditure under the se initiatives for Westmeath and Longford County Councils for the years referred to, up to the end of the third quarter of 2015, are as follows:

Westmeath County Council

-	2008 €	2009 €	2010 €	2011 €
Local Authority Housing Construction and Acquisition	15,827,034	14,123,900	6,022,684	2,249,432
Capital Assistance Scheme	1,688,610	274,550	3,531,718	213,733
Remedial Works Scheme	26,452	17,811	188,051	273,517
Adaptations and Extensions to Social Housing	120,000	313,095	132,151	152,809
Returning Vacant Social Housing to Productive Use	Nil	Nil	Nil	122,121
Energy Efficiency Insulation Measure	Nil	53,104	514,491	263,195
Central Heating	19,784	810,574	Nil	Nil
Compliance with New Rented Standards	Nil	Nil	119,895	373,537
Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People with a Disability	1,166,409	1,544,791	1,609,193	1,057,843
Rental Accommodation Scheme	880,070	1,477,868	1,772,940	2,061,900

Westmeath County Council

-	2012 €	2013 €	2014 €	2015 €
Local Authority Housing Construction and Acquisition	2,916,450	531,658	2,088,810	20,478
Capital Assistance Scheme	590,314	118,647	16,431	Nil
Remedial Works Scheme	454,800	Nil	Nil	Nil
Adaptations and Extensions to Social Housing	102,113	237,131	87,059	49,094
Returning Vacant Social Housing to Productive Use	Nil	Nil	369,518	238,557
Energy Efficiency Insulation Measure	209,468	1,079,494	859,733	Nil
Central Heating	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Compliance with New Rented Standards	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People with a Disability	752,022	561,798	794,766	187,987
Rental Accommodation Scheme	1,793,833	1,905,250	1,996,489	1,710,339

Longford County Council

-	2008 €	2009 €	2010 €	2011 €
Local Authority Housing Construction and Acquisition	16,495,900	12,852,409	3,820,875	758,309
Capital Assistance Scheme	2,361,772	800,690	4,054,104	802,912
Remedial Works Scheme	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Adaptations and Extensions to Social Housing	154,462	Nil	140,450	155,213
Returning Vacant Social Housing to Productive Use	Nil	378,298	178,994	84,050
Energy Efficiency Insulation Measure	Nil	Nil	294,111	304,810
Central Heating	750,000	579,600	Nil	Nil
Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People with a Disability	811,005	930,069	1,108,804	929,556
Rental Accommodation Scheme	993,580	1,506,487	1,726,280	1,759,035

Longford County Council

-	2012 €	2013 €	2014 €	2015 €
Local Authority Housing Construction and Acquisition	1,227,029	576,033	288,768	Nil
Capital Assistance Scheme	1,123,017	212,308	118,349	Nil
Remedial Works Scheme	220,900	1,161,776	45,711	Nil
Adaptations and Extensions to Social Housing	113,001	73,827	135,429	Nil
Returning Vacant Social Housing to Productive Use	Nil	Nil	313,250	Nil
Energy Efficiency Insulation Measure	206,884	1,147,820	370,286	91,473
Central Heating	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People with a Disability	756,742	705,488	547,570	201,729
Rental Accommodation Scheme	1,441,226	1,157,357	887,897	599,029

Funding allocations to local authorities and approved housing bodies for new build and acquisition of social housing units in 2015 are based on the proposals they are implementing in line with the targets out to 2017 that I announced earlier this year. To date in 2015, some €493 million has been allocated to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies for the construction and acquisition of over 2,900 social housing units. Full details of these projects, including those relating to Longford and Westmeath County Councils, can be found on my Department’s website at the following links:

http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/News/MainBody,41340,en.htm. and http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/News/MainBody,42225,en.htm.

The following link http://www.environ.ie/en/GeneralNews/MainBody,41581,en.htm contains information on the allocations to both local authorities for 2015 under a range of social housing programmes dealing with the returning of vacant social housing to productive use, energy efficiency insulation and adaptations and extensions to social housing.

Under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP - previously referred to as the leasing initiative), there are no individual local authority allocations. SHCEP payments comprise ongoing annual payments and capital advances (loans) to local authorities for approved housing bodies. Current payments commenced in 2009 while capital advances commenced in 2011. Details are set out in the table below:

Availability Payments

Year	Longford Co Co	Westmeath Co Co
2009	Nil	50,697
2010	9,768	170,799
2011	70,105	446,325
2012	116,234	781,022
2013	76,159	1,062,290
2014	72,135	1,323,564
2015	84,424	1,115,581

Capital Advance Leasing Facility Payments

Year	Longford Co Co	Westmeath Co Co
2009	N/A	N/A
2010	N/A	N/A
2011	Nil	Nil
2012	Nil	Nil
2013	Nil	33,204.00
2014	Nil	Nil
2015	Nil	Nil