John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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439. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for each year since the commencement of the project; if his Department obtains a comprehensive financial report each year form the organisation; if the assets are listed and in the name of his Department or the organisation; if the funding granted by his Department is allocated thereafter on the basis of set guidelines; if his Department is satisfied that these guidelines are being observed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25461/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS), capital funding of up to 100% of the approved cost is available for the provision of accommodation, by approved housing bodies (AHBs), 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. My Department’s role with regard to CAS relates primarily to the provision of funds to support the housing construction and acquisition programmes by the sector. It is the responsibility of the relevant housing authority to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of the scheme and to have appropriate oversight and liaison arrangements in place for the effective administration of the scheme. It is also a matter for the housing authority to ensure that the investment in voluntary housing is safeguarded and that all units of accommodation, provided under the terms of the scheme , are underpinned by a 20 or 30 year mortgage as appropriate, in favour of the housing authority.

Right of Place Building Project Ltd. received approved housing body status for voluntary housing purposes from my Department in November 2000. Funding of €1,458,366 was approved, under CAS, in August 2001 for the provision of 10 units of accommodation for homeless persons by Right of Place Building Project Ltd. at Glanmire Road in Cork. The funding for this project was recouped to Cork City Council as set out in the following table.