Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated cost of clearing the housing waiting lists within five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11980/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The estimated cost of the construction-acquisition of some 48,000 social housing units over the next five years based on current units costs would be in the order of €8 billion. This figure does not take into account further construction-acquisition needed to cater for the households that are likely to join the waiting list during the period.

Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of maintaining local authority estates in 2005. [11981/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The latest figures available for local authority housing maintenance expenditure relate to the year 2003 in which expenditure amounted to some €184 million. In addition to maintenance expenditure incurred by local authorities on their housing revenue accounts, my Department also provides capital funding to local authorities to undertake refurbishment works under various schemes, including the remedial works scheme and the central heating programme which was introduced in 2004.

Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost in 2005 of applying an income disregard to the rent scheme. [11982/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Rents of local authority dwellings are determined on the basis of ability to pay having regard to various factors, including household income and circumstances; rent schemes also provide for exceptional cases where payment of the normal rent would give rise to hardship. Local authorities are responsible for the determination of the rents of their dwellings under the differential rents scheme and for decisions on the types of income to be taken into account in the assessment of rents. Information is not available on the cost of disregarding tenant's income or categories of income for rental purposes.