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Thursday, 23 April 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Rental Accommodation Scheme Data

Photo of Dessie EllisDessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by county, a breakdown of the number of units to be delivered through the rental accommodation scheme and social leasing as part of the Government housing strategy by the end of 2017. [16044/15]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Under the Social Housing Strategy202015,400 additional units of social housing are targeted nationally under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) and the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) to 2017. Under SHCEP, previously referred to as the Social Housing Leasing Initiative, 11,400 units are targeted with 3,000 of these for delivery in 2015. The number of additional social housing units targeted under the Rental Accommodation Scheme nationally to 2017 under the Social Housing Strategy is 4,000, with 2,000 of these in 2015.

A breakdown of the national target by Local Authority is provided below:

Local Authority Target
Carlow County Council 341
Cavan County Council 180
Clare County Council 405
Cork City Council 706
Cork County Council 816
DLR County Council 365
Donegal County Council 337
Dublin City Council 1,849
Fingal County Council 980
Galway City Council 382
Galway County Council 464
Kerry County Council 754
Kildare County Council 850
Kilkenny County Council 471
Laois County Council 208
Leitrim County Council 99
Limerick City and County Co 460
Longford County Council 176
Louth County Council 490
Mayo County Council 420
Meath County Council 385
Monaghan County Council 150
Offaly County Council 310
Roscommon County Council 127
Sligo County Council 200
South Dublin County Council 1,095
Tipperary County Council 545
Waterford City and County Co 596
Westmeath County Council 394
Wexford County Council 563
Wicklow County Council 282
Overall 15,400

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