Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the number of citizens who were housed in social housing from county and city council housing, homeless and transfer lists on an annual basis for each year since 2009. [39628/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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My Department does not hold information on the allocation of social housing supports to households on the waiting list, whether by local authority housing or other accommodation provided by a housing authority. The allocation of such support is a matter for each authority in accordance with its allocation scheme made under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. The results of the statutory Summary of Social Housing Needs Assessments carried out as at 7 May 2013 provided details on the number of households on waiting lists in each housing authority area, including the length of time spent by households on each housing authority list. The results are available on my Department’s website at the following link:



The 2013 figures are the most up-to-date figures available on waiting list numbers, which are subject to on-going fluctuation due to households being allocated housing and new households applying for housing support.

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out the targets he is putting in place for the provision of social housing to citizens and households on county and city council housing, homeless and transfer lists for the remainder of 2014, 2015 and 2016; and if he will indicate the social housing targets he is setting for each of the 31 local authorities for this period. [39629/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Social housing is a key priority for Government, as evidenced by the increased provisions made for the area in Budget 2015. The overall social housing funding provision for 2015 has been increased by excess of €200 million, with capital funding increasing by €180 million. This will allow for significant expansion in social housing provision, with over 7,500 new homes to be provided under a range of social housing initiatives in 2015. While social housing delivery is a matter in the first instance for each housing authority, taking account of its statutory functions under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2014, the new Social Housing Strategy will contain clear measurable actions to be taken to increase the supply of social housing across all local authority areas. This will include new arrangements for the identification of social housing need and for the planning and monitoring of social housing delivery by housing authorities and other deliverers. I expect to finalise and publish the strategy in the coming weeks.

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the Exchequer funding of social housing in each year from 2009 to 2013, inclusive, across the headings of local authority housing, voluntary and co-op housing, shared ownership, house purchase and improvement loans, private housing grants and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39632/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is provided to housing authorities in respect of a range of initiatives. Details of expenditure under the main areas of the Social Housing Investment Programme for the years referred to are as follows: