Details of the number of properties that have been acquired by local authorities for social housing, including by Kerry County Council, in 2018 and to the end of Quarter 1 of 2019, are published and available on my Department's website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision. Further details for 2019 will be published on a quarterly basis as the year progresses.
The funding provided to Kerry County Council for the purchase of social housing for 2018 was €7,597,113. For 2019, a total of €980,710 has been provided to the Council up to the end of the first quarter in respect of completed social housing acquisitions.