Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 657: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses provided through the aegis of Respond or other similar voluntary groups or housing co-operatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5774/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I assume the Deputy refers to accommodation provided by voluntary and co-operative bodies under the Department's voluntary housing capital assistance scheme, introduced in 1984, and capital loan and subsidy scheme, introduced in 1991. Up to and including 30 September 2005, a total of 15,982 units of accommodation have been provided since the introduction of the schemes.

Figures for the December quarter are being compiled and will be published in due course in the Department's 2005 Annual Housing Statistics Bulletin, copies of which will be available in the Oireachtas Library. The information will be also available on the Department's website at www.environ.ie.