Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 1429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social housing units in existence here on 1 January 2010; the number of units in the following categories, namely, local authority, approved housing bodies and rental accommodation scheme tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32484/10]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Information on the number of local authority tenancies and the numbers of households supported through the Rental Accommodation Scheme to the end of 2008 can be found in my Department's annual Housing Statistics Bulletins which are available on Full details for the year ending 31 December 2009 will be published on the website in the coming weeks.

Approved Voluntary and Co-Operative housing bodies provide some 23,000 units of accommodation to meet the needs of various categories of tenants including older people, people with a physical or intellectual disability, the homeless, the elderly, returning emigrants and victims of domestic violence. Details of the number of units provided per year by the sector over the period 1999 to 2008 are also set out in the annual Housing Statistics Bulletins.