John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent through his Department on the purchase of private residential properties for use as social housing in each of the past ten years; the number of such properties purchased by each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3988/10]

John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent through his Department on the construction of social housing in each of the past ten years; the number of such houses constructed by each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3989/10]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 285 and 286 together.

Since 2000, very significant levels of investment have been made available under the Social Housing Investment Programme. Since then, over €11.5 billion has been provided for the construction or acquisition of units by local authorities and approved housing bodies. Information is not available on the breakdown of expenditure between new build construction and acquisition of private housing units.

Activity under the range of housing programmes, including the number of social housing units constructed or acquired by each local authority, and the number of units provided by approved housing bodies under the voluntary and cooperative housing programmes in each of the past ten years, is set out in my Department's annual and quarterly Housing Statistics Bulletins. Copies of the Bulletins are available in the Oireachtas library and on my Department's website, www.environ.ie.

John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, who is in a shared ownership option with Sligo County Council, will be allowed to sell their house at current market value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4101/10]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 949 of 3 November 2009. Any person occupying a house under the shared ownership scheme can sell their house at any time provided they have bought out the local authority's share and have acquired full ownership of the dwelling.