Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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585. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if more bedsits will be provided as social housing in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24653/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Local authorities are responsible for the detailed planning of social housing provision based on the needs of their areas. It is a matter for each local authority to identify the appropriate social housing initiatives and supports, as well as the types of units required to meet the social housing need in their respective functional areas and to bring forward specific proposals to meet the housing need in their areas. On 5 May 2015, I announced funding of €312 million for the first tranche of the local authority social housing construction programme under the Social Housing Strategy. This announcement covers 100 separate housing projects, providing over 1,700 units across all 31 local authorities and details are available on my Department’s website at the following link:

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Further announcements of new unit delivery under the Capital Assistance Scheme and the broader social housing investment programmes will be made in the coming weeks and months.