Written answers
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Voluntary Housing Sector
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of voluntary housing associations that have received funding from his Department over the past three years; the amount of funding for each relative year; and if he will provide the amount of funding each local authority is provided with for the provision of housing. [3706/14]
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Under the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) funding of up to 100% of the approved cost is available for the provision of accommodation to meet the needs of persons with specific categories of housing need including older people, people with an intellectual, physical or mental health disability, the homeless, returning emigrants and victims of domestic violence etc .
My Department’s involvement with the CAS relates primarily to the provision of funds for individual projects. The detailed administration of the schemes, and the certification that projects comply with the terms and conditions of the funding schemes, are the responsibility of the relevant local authority.
The allocations under CAS to each housing authority for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 are set out in the following table:
CAS allocationsto Local Authorities
| Local Authority | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLOW | 658,320 | 1,488,727 | 2,168,748 |
| CAVAN | 14,378 | 664,288 | 348,563 |
| CLARE | 787,153 | 885,309 | 2,827,788 |
| CORK COUNTY | 1,245,460 | 871,091 | 1,628,254 |
| DONEGAL | 515,591 | 871,158 | 448,236 |
| DUNLAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN | 385,573 | 1,512,349 | 457,141 |
| FINGAL | 2,132,123 | 4,969,304 | 1,625,163 |
| SOUTH DUBLIN | 3,096,552 | 4,367,485 | 1,229,114 |
| GALWAY COUNTY | 27,067 | 764,980 | 229,188 |
| KERRY | 2,789,529 | 242,052 | 63,308 |
| KILDARE | 1,956,675 | 1,891,864 | 842,708 |
| KILKENNY | 681,185 | 984,044 | 1,028,692 |
| LAOIS | 345,665 | 695,291 | 142,447 |
| LEITRIM | 10,000 | 22,115 | 10,000 |
| LIMERICK | 550,183 | 1,431,786 | 887,751 |
| LONGFORD | 802,912 | 1,123,017 | 212,308 |
| LOUTH | - | 728,437 | 760,433 |
| MAYO | 281,063 | 1,054,003 | 2,499,474 |
| MEATH | 21,108 | 685,743 | 961,298 |
| MONAGHAN | 86,636 | 1,125,300 | 1,191,568 |
| OFFALY | 178,248 | 1,139,322 | 539,520 |
| ROSCOMMON | 357,098 | 928,590 | 511,376 |
| SLIGO | 4,319,357 | 3,537,274 | 251,134 |
| TIPPERARY NORTH | 234,817 | 1,280,339 | 193,490 |
| TIPPERARY SOUTH | 1,089,300 | 485,615 | 338,374 |
| WATERFORD COUNTY | 176,359 | 1,448,472 | 409,222 |
| WESTMEATH | 213,733 | 590,314 | 118,647 |
| WEXFORD COUNTY | 254,723 | 269,551 | 229,384 |
| WICKLOW | 2,086,839 | 742,351 | 1,180,675 |
| CORK CITY | 547,937 | 1,222,763 | 844,687 |
| DUBLIN CITY | 4,968,484 | 10,258,397 | 9,327,326 |
| GALWAY CITY | 360,538 | 3,984,938 | 475,026 |
| LIMERICK CITY | 2,286,271 | 3,772,811 | 1,827,945 |
| WATERFORD CITY | 4,578,871 | 2,005,274 | 885,346 |
| Totals | €38,039,748 | €58,044,354 | €36,694,334 |
Given that the funding provided to a local authority in any one year is intended to meet expenditure arising in respect of a substantial number of CAS schemes, some of which may have been completed and where final accounts have not yet been determined, schemes being progressed through construction or schemes being advanced through planning and design stage, it is not possible to outline the precise number of approved housing bodies which benefitted in each of the years in question without recourse to a detailed examination of projects across all local authorities and involving a very substantial amount of staff time and resources.
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