Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority mortgage holders in arrears in quarters 1, 2, 3, and 4 in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and in quarter 1 of 2011; and if he will provide a breakdown of the length of time each holder is in arrears over 90 days and over 180 days. [12773/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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The detailed information sought in the question is not available in my Department. The most recent published data in relation to mortgage arrears are the Service Indicators 2009, published earlier this year and available on the Local Government Management Services Board website. These show local authority mortgage arrears levels running at 15.08%, an increase of 3.38% on 2008.

Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 252: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the budget for housing maintenance in Dublin City Council for 2011; his views of whether many council tenants are in dire need of building work and extensions on their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12775/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, the management and maintenance of the local authority housing stock, including the compilation and funding of ongoing maintenance programmes, is a matter for individual authorities.

My Department's Social Housing Investment Programme provides capital funding to local authorities each year in respect of a range of measures to improve the standard and overall quality of their social housing stock. The measures range from large-scale regeneration projects to smaller estate-wide remedial works, the carrying out of repairs and refurbishment works to individual properties and the provision of adaptations or extensions to meet the needs of particular tenants.

In addition to the €53 million capital allocation to support the ongoing regeneration of Ballymun, allocations totaling almost €28 million have been notified to Dublin City Council in respect of their social housing improvement programmes for 2011. The allocations cover the following measures:

· €7 million for regeneration at St Michael's Estate, O'Devaney Gardens, Dominick Street, St. Teresa's Gardens, Croke villas and Dolphin House;

· €6 million for regeneration of Inner City Flat Complexes;

· €8.6 million for estate-wide remedial works programmes;

· € 5.5 million for improvement works to dwellings;

· €880,000 in respect of extensions and adaptation works to houses and improvement works in lieu of social housing.