Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 February 2016
524. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 13,000 social housing units provided in 2015 under the housing assistance payment scheme, the rental accommodation scheme and the social inclusion and community activation programme, by scheme and by local authority, in tabular form. [4235/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe report Social Housing Output in 2015 contains details on the progress made under each of the social housing programmes last year and is available on my Department’s website at: http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/News/MainBody,44105,en.htm.
To the end of November 2015, a total of 1,084 units were delivered under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP). While the total number of units delivered to end 2015 is yet to be finalised, I estimate that the final figures will be in the region of 1,450 units.
The number of households transferred from rent supplement to the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) from January to end November 2015 was 1,644 households. My Department estimates that when the December 2015 figures are finalised around 1,823 households will have transferred to RAS in 2015.
The Housing Assistance Payment is being introduced incrementally on a pilot basis to local authority areas. A total of 5,680 households commenced HAP in 2015, in addition to the 485 households accommodated through the Scheme during the early stages of the pilot in 2014. A detailed breakdown on a local authority basis is set out in the following tables.
Table - Units delivered under the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHC EP) to end November 2015
|
- |
RAS |
SHCEP |
|
Local Authority |
Units d eliver ed to end of November 2015 |
Unit d eliver ed to end November 2015 |
|
Carlow CC |
40 |
5 |
|
Cavan CC |
63 |
2 |
|
Clare CC |
41 |
42 |
|
Cork City Cl. |
86 |
25 |
|
Cork CC |
22 |
86 |
|
Donegal CC |
38 |
37 |
|
Dublin City Cl. |
99 |
211 |
|
Dublin South CC |
165 |
125 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown CC |
16 |
10 |
|
Fingal CC |
71 |
41 |
|
Galway City Cl. |
15 |
38 |
|
Galway Co. Cl. |
71 |
41 |
|
Kerry CC |
131 |
41 |
|
Kildare CC |
112 |
26 |
|
Kilkenny CC |
84 |
23 |
|
Laois CC |
4 |
11 |
|
Leitrim CC |
19 |
1 |
|
Limerick Ct & Co. |
17 |
0 |
|
Longford CC |
60 |
29 |
|
Louth CC |
2 |
28 |
|
Mayo CC |
35 |
26 |
|
Meath CC |
42 |
51 |
|
Monaghan CC |
0 |
0 |
|
Offaly CC |
5 |
51 |
|
Roscommon CC |
61 |
0 |
|
Sligo CC |
53 |
2 |
|
Tipperary |
86 |
31 |
|
Waterford City & Co. |
11 |
14 |
|
Westmeath CC |
119 |
34 |
|
Wexford CC |
29 |
48 |
|
Wicklow CC |
47 |
5 |
|
- |
1,644 |
1,084 |
Table - Number of households that commenced the HAP scheme in 2015
|
Local Authority |
Commencement Date of HAP Scheme |
Number of households that commenced HAP in 2015 |
|
Carlow CC |
29/06/2015 |
106 |
|
Clare CC |
29/06/2015 |
246 |
|
Cork City Co |
29/06/2015 |
114 |
|
Cork CC |
15/09/2014 |
887 |
|
Donegal CC |
25/05/2015 |
499 |
|
Dublin City Co* |
18/12/2014 |
52 |
|
Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown CC* |
18/12/2014 |
1 |
|
Fingal CC* |
18/12/2014 |
7 |
|
Galway CC |
16/11/2015 |
7 |
|
Kildare CC |
02/11/2015 |
32 |
|
Kilkenny CC |
01/10/2014 |
466 |
|
Limerick City & Co |
15/09/2014 |
910 |
|
Louth CC |
01/10/2014 |
637 |
|
Mayo CC |
16/11/2015 |
18 |
|
Monaghan CC |
01/10/2014 |
182 |
|
Meath CC |
02/11/2015 |
14 |
|
Offaly CC |
15/06/2015 |
98 |
|
South Dublin CC** |
01/10/2014 |
558 |
|
Tipperary CC |
29/06/2015 |
194 |
|
Sligo CC |
16/11/2015 |
9 |
|
Waterford City & Co |
15/09/2015 |
643 |
|
Total |
|
5,680 |
* Dublin City Council is operating HAP Homeless pilot on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities.
** Includes some households supported through the HAP Homeless pilot.
