Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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1414. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that will be provided to create a fund to support new housing developments; when this money will become available to local authorities; if he will provide details on the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31026/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Under the Government’s Social Housing Strategy 2020, substantial funding is being made available to support the delivery of new social housing units. This includes funding provided to housing authorities for the construction and acquisition of houses and apartments to assist in meeting the needs of those on the social housing waiting lists. Earlier this year, I announced social housing delivery targets and provisional funding allocations for all local authorities out to 2017; these are available on my Department’s website at the following link: .

In May 2015, I announced the first major Social Housing construction programme for some years, involving €312 million of investment, comprising some 100 projects and 1,700 housing units. Full details, including specifics of the projects to be progressed, funding allocated and units to be delivered across all local authorities, is available on my Department’s website at the following link: .

I announced a further investment of over €151 million under the Capital Assistance Scheme in July 2015. This will deliver over 1,000 new units for homeless persons, for the elderly and for people with disabilities. A further tranche of local authority build projects was also announced at that time, to the value of €30m, to build in excess of 100 new social housing units. Full details, including specifics of the projects to be progressed, funding allocated and units to be delivered across all local authorities, is available on my Department’s website at the following link:

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I will be making further announcements in due course in relation to delivery in line with the Social Housing Strategy, including support for new social housing developments by local authorities.