Written answers

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Social and Affordable Housing

7:00 pm

Photo of Chris AndrewsChris Andrews (Dublin South East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding within the social housing budget 2010 that has been allocated for social housing refurbishment in Dublin South East. [25971/10]

Photo of Michael FinneranMichael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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It is a matter for individual housing authorities to plan the composition and management of their social housing investment programmes having regard to the specific social housing needs and priorities in their areas and to the Exchequer funding allocations available to them.

Dublin City Council was advised of its Social Housing Investment Programme allocation in April 2010. A total of €179.085 million was allocated to the City Council, including €94.340 million for Housing Supply and €75.745 million for Housing Improvement. The Housing Improvement allocation included €62.295 million for regeneration, €2.7 million for remedial works, €7 million for retrofitting voids and energy upgrades, €2 million for compliance with new rented standards and €1.75 million for improvement works.

It is a matter for the City Council to determine the content of these programmes, including any plans for social housing refurbishment in Dublin South East, taking into account its existing commitments, priority projects and any related co-funding and timescale considerations, subject to compliance with any necessary Departmental sanction terms and conditions.

With regard to social housing maintenance issues generally, under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966 the management and maintenance of the local authority housing stock, which is largely financed from internal resources, is a matter for each housing authority.

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