Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 12: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds allocated under the social housing investment programme for regeneration works for each local authority in 2010; the amount that this is increased or decreased compared to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9528/10]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds allocated under the social housing investment programme for housing construction for each local authority in 2010; the amount by which this has been increased or decreased compared to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9525/10]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 41: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds allocated under the social housing investment programme for remedial work schemes for each local authority in 2010; the amount that this has increased or decreased compared to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9529/10]

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds allocated under the social housing investment programme for retrofitting voids and energy upgrades for each local authority in 2010; the amount by which it has increased or decreased compared to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9530/10]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 12, 30, 41 and 44 together.

The annual allocations for the Social Housing Investment Programme will issue in March 2010 following discussions with each housing authority at Housing Action Plan meetings which are currently underway. Housing authorities have been issued with provisional allocations for 2010 to enable them to maintain momentum on their work programmes and as a basis for discussion at the Action Plan meetings.

As detailed in the 2010 Revised Estimates for Public Services the social housing, regeneration and remedial works provision for capital expenditure is €790,500,000. This represents an overall decrease of 26% when compared to the provisional outturn figures for 2009.

The distribution of funding between the different housing subheads as set out in the Revised Estimates reflects the priority accorded to special needs, regeneration, adaptation grants and energy efficiency programmes. Increased funding over last year's provisional outturn has been provided for traveller accommodation and energy efficiency related programmes while the overall provision for regeneration and remedial works projects is close to that of last year. There is a drop in the provision for new local authority housing from €691 million to €366 million and this will be part compensated by the increase in funding for the Social Housing Leasing Initiative and Rental Accommodation Scheme. Through these more flexible market based delivery mechanisms, as well as the continued significant support for the Capital Assistance Scheme this year, delivery across the range of social housing initiatives will be of the order of 8,000 to 9,000 units.