Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the cut-back of €20 million proposed to Dublin City Council's social housing budget, in addition to the collapsed regeneration projects; the steps he will take to help the council address the increasing social housing list in the forthcoming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33422/08]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Housing authorities have been provided with indicative budgets for their main social housing supply programmes for the period 2009 — 2011 to enable them to prepare their programmes and to set a ceiling on commitments to be entered into. The final housing allocations for 2009 will be issued in Spring, 2009. These allocations will encompass expenditure on programmes and sub-programmes not included in the indicative budgets and will also take into account expenditure outturn figures for 2008.

Despite the challenges that the current economic situation presents, the overriding objective of the Social Housing Investment Programme remains the achievement of continued progress towards meeting the targets set out in Towards 2016 and the National Development Plan 2007-2013. My Department will continue to explore all options for increasing the availability of social housing by optimising the use of available Exchequer supports and exploring alternative solutions for addressing housing needs.