Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 June 2017
602. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of second-hand dwellings purchased by all local authorities in the past three years to date by local authority and dwelling type; the amount spent per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29634/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is available to all local authorities, to deliver additional social housing stock through both new construction projects and through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments.
Details on the number of properties purchased by all local authorities for letting to those on their social housing waiting lists are available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/attachments/1c1-la-acq-by-area_5.xlsx.
Information on quarter four of 2016 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly, with information on quarter one 2017 to follow thereafter. While the official statistics for social housing acquisitions in 2016 are being finalised, I can indicate that approximately 1,400 houses and apartments were purchased by the local authorities last year.
Local authorities have delegated sanction for the majority of acquisitions they undertake and my Department does not specify the different categories or sizes of social houses. These are matters for the local authorities themselves to determine, based on the nature and priority of their housing lists. Therefore my Department does not hold precise information on dwelling type.
The funding provided by my Department to local authorities over the last three years for the purchase of new and previously owned houses/apartments for social housing use was as follows.
|
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
€34.4m |
€104.1m |
€147.2m |
