Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units that local authorities have commenced and completed building respectively since February 2011; and if he will provide a breakdown of this figure based on each individual year. [19140/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of housing policy. The full range of data compiled can be viewed on my Department's website, where data on Local Authority completions and acquisitions for the individual years, broken down by county, are displayed: . The published figures relate to house completions only. Figures in relation to numbers of houses commencing construction in a given year are not readily available in my Department.

Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social leasing agreements between private owners and local authorities that have been activated since February 2011; the number that are still active; the number of persons housed in units under social leasing; the monthly cost to local authorities of these leases; and any other expenses related to these leases for which the local authority is liable. [19141/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Up to the end of March 2014, 1,977 housing units sourced by local authorities and leased from private owners have been tenanted or are in the process of being tenanted under the Social Housing Leasing Initiative (SHLI). My Department is currently recouping funding to local authorities in respect of 1,929 of these housing units which are currently active. My Department does not hold information on the numbers of persons housed in these units. However, I have provided a breakdown by number of bedrooms in the following table which may be of assistance in this regard.

The average monthly cost of these units is €535 per unit, which my Department recoups to local authorities.