Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of residential National Asset Mangement Agency properties in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24424/14]

Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of units the National Asset Management Agency made available for social housing in each local authority; if they are apartments or houses; the number that have been accepted for social housing; the number that are subject to negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24575/14]

Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of housing units the National Asset Management Agency currently controls; if he will provide a breakdown of the number that are apartments or houses; the number currently occupied; if they are habitable or in need of finishing out or refurbishment; if he will indicate for each of these figures the number that are in the county of Dublin comprising the four local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24576/14]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 166, 184 and 185 together.

A detailed breakdown of the property securing NAMA's remaining loans by region and by sector is outlined on page 42 of its Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2013, which is available on the Agency's website, .  In evidence to the Dáil Committee of Public Accounts on 29^thMay, NAMA indicated that it has an interest as a secured lender in about 16,000 completed residential properties in Ireland, mainly apartments, which are located in Dublin, Limerick, Cork and Galway.  The vast majority of these properties are currently let by their owners/receivers in the private rental market.  In addition, NAMA has to date made 5,237 residential properties available for social housing.  This includes 500 apartments that will soon become available in Tallaght following the completion of substantial remediation works funded by NAMA and which are, NAMA understands, subject to on-going assessment by the Dublin local authorities.

Of the 5,237 properties made available by NAMA, Local authorities have confirmed demand for 2,004, 695 of which have been contracted.  NAMA expects that 1,100 properties will have been delivered for social housing through this process by the end of 2014.  This does not include potential delivery arising from the 500 apartments recently identified in Tallaght.  The Deputy will appreciate that NAMA has no role in terms of determining the take-up of properties that it has made available for social housing as this is a matter for local authorities. Where local authorities do not take up properties identified by NAMA, the properties are let or sold by their owners/receivers.  Once demand has been confirmed for houses and apartments and contracts entered into, NAMA immediately makes them available for social housing.  This often involves significant NAMA investment to complete construction works and resolve outstanding statutory compliance issues.  NAMA provides detail on this process on page 30 of its Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2013.