Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will sanction the purchase of land by Mayo County Council for the building of a home in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28924/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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My Department's Social Housing Investment Programme includes a number of measures to assist local authorities in meeting social housing need, including the housing needs of persons with a disability, based on traditional construction and acquisition programmes, projects advanced by the voluntary and co-operative housing sector, and through the leasing of accommodation from private landlords. Funding of €6.366 million, of which €1.275 million relates to the provision of new social housing stock, was allocated to Mayo County Council under the 2011 programme. This included some €250,000 to enable the Council to meet expenditure on adaptation works and extensions to local authority housing stock to meet the needs of tenants with a disability.

There are no proposals with my Department at present in relation to this case. It is a matter for Mayo County Council to prioritise proposals for meeting all categories of housing need within the context of its overall social housing investment programme. My Department understands that the Council is currently exploring a number of housing options with a view to meeting the needs of the family in question.