Written answers
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new builds by local authorities that will be supported by funding from his Department this year; the total expenditure by his Department for new builds; and the local authorities that will receive departmental funding to build new housing units in their administrative areas. [24189/14]
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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This year it is intended that in the region of 6,000 additional social housing units will be delivered across all social housing supply routes including local authority and voluntary housing construction and retrofitting programmes, the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Social Housing Leasing initiative.
I have already, this year, indicated a return to modest levels of new social housing construction. In March 2014 I announced the approval of some 56 social housing construction projects with an overall value of over €68 million under the Local Authority housing construction programme for 2014-2015. This new construction programme will deliver some 450 new units of accommodation for people on the housing waiting list. Projects were selected for approval on the basis of the proposals submitted to my Department by the local authorities, the relative priority afforded to each of these projects and the overall level of housing need locally.
Last month I announced details of a €46 million investment in voluntary housing which, over the next two years, will see the delivery of some 350 special needs housing units, of which 216 will be new build at a cost of some €25 million. Under the national Regeneration Programme, some €70 million is being invested this year in the refurbishment of houses and the construction of replacement homes. Around 350 new housing starts are anticipated up to end 2015.
Details of the funding being provided to individual authorities under the €68m investment in the local authority construction programme for the period 2014-2015 are set out in the following table:
| Local Authority | Project Location | No. of Units | Amount allocated € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cork City Council | 5/6 Shandon Street and 6A & 9 John Philpott Curran Street. | 8 | 1,200,000 |
| - | Gerald Griffin Street / Burkes Avenue | 23 | 3,910,000 |
| Dublin City Council | Buttercup, Darndale | 35 | 7,900,000 |
| - | Ballybough, Dublin | 9 | 2,500,000 |
| DunLaoghaire / Rathdown County Council | Cromleich Close, Kilternan, Co. Dublin | 15 | 2,578,807 |
| - | Clontribit House, Blackrock | 2 | 550,000 |
| Fingal County Council | Glasmore Rd, Swords | 12 | 2,000,000 |
| Cappagh, Finglas | 27 | 2,750,000 | |
| South Dublin County Council | Belgard Road, Tallaght | 3 | 600,000 |
| - | St Finians, Lucan | 2 | 461,175 |
| - | Suncroft, Tallaght | 10 | 2,345,571 |
| Galway City Council | Allocation of €2.5m for proposed construction projects at various locations | 15 | 2,500,000 |
| Carlow County Council | Maryborough St, Carlow | 5 | 800,000 |
| - | Infill at Main Street, Borris, Carlow | 6 | 1,000,000 |
| Cavan County Council | Mullagh, Co. Cavan | 7 | 660,000 |
| Clare County Council | Glaise na Rinne, Shannon | 6 | 1,250,000 |
| Cork County Council | Oliver Plunkett Hill, Fermoy | 11 | 2,090,000 |
| Donegal County Council | 4 SRDs at Various Locations | 4 | 560,000 |
| - | Glendale Drive, Letterkenny. | 6 | 850,853 |
| Galway County Council | SRDs; 2 in Kinvara and 1 in Connemara | 3 | 420,000 |
| Kerry County Council | Park, Killarney | 8 | 1,079,768 |
| - | Special Needs House in Listowel | 1 | 160,000 |
| - | 2 SRDs - South and West Kerry | 2 | 260,000 |
| - | Bill Kennerk Road, Tralee | 2 | 300,000 |
| Kildare County Council | Kilcock, Kildare | 20 | 3,000,000 |
| - | Replace 10 derelict units in Athy | 10 | 833,000 |
| Kilkenny County Council | Gaol Road, Kilkenny City | 10 | 1,500,000 |
| Laois County Council | Clodiagh Way, Tullamore Rd., Clonaslee | 6 | 750,000 |
| Leitrim County Council | Nil | ||
| Limerick City Council | Hasset Villas, Thomondgate | 3 | 450,000 |
| - | Kilmurray Court, Garryowen | 6 | 900,000 |
| - | Infill @ Clare Street | 6 | 1,000,000 |
| Limerick County Council | Allocation of €2m for construction projects at various locations. | 12 | 2,000,000 |
| Louth County Council | The Mell, Boice Court, Drogheda (Phs 2) | 18 | 2,780,371 |
| - | Woodlands, Dunleer. | 6 | 360,000 |
| Mayo County Council | Infill site at Roches Tce., Ballina. | 5 | 229,160 |
| - | 4 SRDs at various locations. | 4 | 605,720 |
| - | 2 Special Needs Extensions | 2 | 140,000 |
| Meath County Council | Bettystown, Meath | 18 | 2,600,000 |
| - | St Brigids Villas, Navan. Demolition and rebuild. | 5 | 600,000 |
| Monaghan County Council | 37-44 Oliver Plunket Park, Castleblayney | 8 | 1,000,000 |
| Offaly County Council | Clonminch, Tullamore | 4 | 850,000 |
| Roscommon County Council | Mullymux, Roscommon | 1 | 147,625 |
| Sligo County Council | Fr Flanagan Tce | 12 | 1,800,000 |
| Tipperary North County Council | Ashbury, Roscrea | 12 | 1,100,000 |
| Tipperary South County Council | Demolish and Rebuild 2 houses @ Poulamaleen Faugheen and Lower Ballingarry. | 2 | 437,000 |
| Waterford County Council | Former Ormond Cinema site, O'Connell Street, Dungarvan | 15 | 1,500,000 |
| Waterford City Council | Demolition and Rebuild Doyle Street & Hennessy Road | 6 | 825,000 |
| Westmeath County Council | Infill @ Ennell Court, Mullingar | 4 | 588,000 |
| - | SRD at Harbour Rd, Kilbeggan | 1 | 100,000 |
| - | Grange Crescent Mullingar | 2 | 280,000 |
| Wexford County Council | 10 units ( including 3 Special Needs) at Riverchapel, Gorey. | 10 | 1,500,000 |
| - | 8 units (including 5 Special Needs) at Shana Court Wexford | 8 | 1,200,000 |
| - | Francis Street, Wexford | 1 | 70,000 |
| Wicklow County Council | 1 Special Needs Unit at Roundwood | 1 | 180,000 |
| - | 1 Special Needs Unit at Ard Na Greine Bray | 1 | 60,000 |
| - | Emoclew, Arklow (Phase 2) | 8 | 540,000 |
| OVERALL TOTAL | - | 449 | 68,652,050 |
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