Written answers

Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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252. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of housing units under the control of the National Asset Management Agency with a breakdown by county; his plans for bringing these into use by way of letting or sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2795/15]

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by NAMA that of the approximately 14,000 completed residential units currently within the Agency's portfolio, 86% are located in Dublin, the mid-east counties of Wicklow, Kildare, Meath and Louth, and the other main urban centres of Cork, Limerick and Galway.  A more detailed breakdown is set out below.

RegionPercentage
Dublin48
Mid-East (Wicklow, Kildare, Meath, Louth)5
Rest of Leinster5
Cork16
Limerick 5
Rest of Munster6
Galway12
Rest of Connacht2
Donegal, Monaghan, Cavan1


NAMA advises that all of these properties are currently available as supply in the residential market. Approximately 9,000 are rented in the private rental market, whilst the remainder are either let or reserved for social housing or are available on the open market through professional agents appointed by NAMA debtors and receivers to either rent or buy.

In addition, as a secured lender NAMA is making a very substantial contribution to the creation of additional supply in the residential market through its funding to debtors and receivers to complete existing residential schemes and for the construction of new residential schemes.  This includes NAMA funding for the construction of 4,500 new residential units in the Dublin area in the three years to end-2016, over 1,000 of which were delivered in 2014.

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