Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amounts allocated annually under the capital assistance scheme in each year of its operation to date; the total amount spent in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37541/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Capital Assistance scheme provides support, through the local authorities, towards the approved costs of housing bodies in providing accommodation for persons with specific categories of housing need, including older people, people with an intellectual, physical or mental health disability, homeless people, returning emigrants and victims of domestic violence. While initial annual allocations under the Capital Assistance Scheme for each year of its operation since 1985 are not readily available in my Department, the table below sets out the actual expenditure incurred under the scheme for each year up to 2013.

Capital Assistance Scheme