Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 10: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation in which affordable housing which has been bought by Dublin City Council in Clare Village, Malahide Road, Dublin 17, is being tied up in legal issues with the National Assets Management Agency leaving persons on waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15638/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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The operation of Part V, including the purchase of housing units for social or affordable housing purposes, is a matter for the local authority concerned. In the particular instance referred to in the question Dublin City Council informed my Department that it entered an agreement under Part V for the provision of 49 social units at Clare Village.

Funding has been approved by my Department under the capital assistance scheme to Tuath housing association for the purchase of the units in question. I understand that the first of the sales will conclude shortly with the balance to close during the summer. The units will be ready for occupation immediately thereafter. My Department is not aware of any legal issues involving the National Asset Management Agency or the developer in question.

Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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I understand these units were tied up in a legal wrangle because they were brought into NAMA. They were paid for by the local authority but legal issues arose before they could be delivered. They have been sitting there for a long time. Is it possible for the Department to intervene with NAMA ensure the units are released?

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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As far as I am aware there is no impediment to selling the units and it is expected that sales will be closed over the summer and the units will be ready for occupation immediately thereafter. However, if Deputy Ellis has specific information I would be willing to pursue the matter with the chief executive and chairperson of NAMA. My Department and, I am sure, the local authority considers it critical that the houses are allocated at the earliest opportunity.