Written answers

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the €250 million allocated in 2012 for the refurbishment of social housing was spent; the local authorities to which funds were allocated and the number of housing units owned/managed by each local authority to which funds could potentially be applied; the criteria used to determine the allocation of these funds; if he will provide similar information for the 2013 allocation of €275 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41884/13]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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In 2012 a total of €394 million was recouped to local authorities under my Departments Social Housing Investment Programme (SHIP). Of this, some €149 million related to measures to improve the quality and standard of the social housing stock, including the regeneration of disadvantaged social housing estates and flat complexes, estate-wide remedial works schemes, funding for extensions and adaptations to properties to meet the needs of tenants with a disability, and a retrofitting measure to improve the energy efficiency of older stock. The allocations were based on the level of contractual commitments on approved projects, the work programmes submitted by local authorities and the level of progress and outputs achieved under each of the measures under SHIP over the course of the year.

In March 2013, I announced a capital provision of €275 million for allocation to 34 city and county councils in respect of my Department’s SHIP for 2013. Of this, some €121 million related to a range of measures aimed at improving the overall quality of the social housing stock. In July I announced details of a €50 million energy retrofitting measure for the period 2013-2015 which targets grants at older houses and apartments which lack adequate insulation and draught proofing. Some €10 million has been allocated for spending in the current year. The detailed information requested in relation to the breakdown of funding provided under the various improvement measures for 2012 and 2013 is set out in the following tables.

Final SHIP Allocations to Local Authorities in 2012

Local AuthorityRegenerationRemedial Works SchemeEnergy EfficiencyNew Insulation Measure Adaptations /Extensions
Carlow County Council - -€136,685-€611,758
Cavan County Council - -€518,080-€76,328
Clare County Council -€1,040,480€455,145-€155,630
Cork County Council -€310,580€710,727-€124,209
Cork City Council €11,160,000 -€1,198,370-€168,262
Donegal County Council - -€563,428-€161,231
Dublin City Council€48,000,000€3,638,566€3,991,502-€1,661,596
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown - -€658,504-€631,463
Fingal County Council -€512,055€769,599-€189,249
Galway City Council - -€239,426-€92,647
Galway County Council -€105,548€336,274-€103,356
Kerry County Council€2,687,404€140,000€615,570-€263,369
Kildare County Council -€830,392€468,204-€194,318
Kilkenny County Council -€350,000€458,238-€302,575
Laois County Council - -€218,592-€106,504
Leitrim County Council -€704,218€198,943-€32,398
Limerick City Council€34,889,544 -€705,365-€85,187
Limerick County Council -€139,979€1,212,501-€106,798
Longford County Council -€220,900€206,884-€113,001
Louth County Council€968,505€132,948€409,128-€159,804
Mayo County Council -€0€349,967-€306,383
Meath County Council -€5,027,538€519,410-€155,059
Monaghan County Council -€661,818€380,333-€136,436
Offaly County Council -€0€152,736-€74,320
Roscommon County Council -€43,464€276,527-€240,889
Sligo County Council €1,900,610€69,286€231,671-€149,725
South Dublin County Council -€1,681,451€339,800-€340,845
Tipperary North  -€1,203,641€501,864-€555,027
Tipperary South  -€1,920,512€566,870-€196,350
Waterford City Council€976,000€231,628€365,904-€324,029
Waterford County Council -€0€392,370-€136,808
Westmeath County Council -€454,800€209,468-€102,113
Wexford County Council -€0€463,231-€353,279
Wicklow County Council -€260,599€1,028,112-€291,983
Total€100,582,063 €19,680,403€19,849,428-€8,702,929

SHIP Allocations to local Authorities 2013

Local AuthorityRegenerationRemedial Works SchemeEnergy EfficiencyNew Insulation Measure Adaptations/
Extensions
Carlow - - 160,436 160,436 45,311
Cavan - - 177,449 177,449 49,356
Clare - 297,713 198,490 198,490 54,358
Cork County - 700,000 451,724 451,724 114,561
Cork City 12,000,000 - 538,379 538,379 135,162
Donegal - - 319,012 319,012 83,010
Dublin City 31,000,000 9,800,000 1,488,987 1,488,987 300,000
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown  - - 306,981 306,981 80,150
Fingal - 400,000 313,924 313,924 83,581
Galway City - - 193,826 193,826 53,249
Galway Co - - 200,398 200,398 54,812
Kerry 4,000,000 120,487 292,936 292,936 76,811
Kildare - 1,754,641 264,528 264,528 70,058
Kilkenny - - 188,844 188,844 52,065
Laois - - 183,279 183,279 50,742
Leitrim - 701,380 127,629 127,629 37,512
Limerick City 28,000,000 - 241,102 241,102 64,488
Limerick Co - - 188,473 188,473 51,977
Longford - 750,000 176,230 176,230 49,066
Louth 2,000,000 - 269,192 269,192 71,166
Mayo - 75,000 190,328 190,328 52,418
Meath - 132,609 233,099 233,099 62,586
Monaghan  - 550,000 148,087 148,087 42,375
Offaly - - 167,803 167,803 47,063
Roscommon - 12,619 146,603 146,603 42,023
Sligo 3,000,000 225,000 183,014 183,014 50,679
South Dublin - 1,871,178 553,908 553,908 138,854
Tipperary North - 831,464 171,460 171,460 47,932
Tipperary South - 665,983 227,640 227,640 61,288
Waterford City -  - 235,855 235,855 63,241
Waterford Co -  - 168,651 168,651 47,264
Westmeath - - 165,736 165,736 46,571
Wexford - - 298,448 298,448 78,122
Wicklow - - 310,532 310,532 €80,994
Total€80,000,000€18,888,074€9,482,983€9,482,983€2,438,845

Information on the local authority social housing stock, including the numbers of properties within each local authority, is collated and published as part of the annual Service Indicators in Local Authorities Report. Copies are available from the Local Government Management Agency and may be downloaded from their website (www.lgma.ie).

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