Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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433. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding allocated in 2015 to social housing in the Dún Laoghaire constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35590/15]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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434. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been allocated in 2015 to social housing in the Dún Laoghaire constituency, for persons with intellectual disabilities who require residential supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35591/15]

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 434 together.

Social housing is a key priority for this Government, as evidenced by the additional €2.2 billion in funding announced for it in Budget 2015 and the publication of the Social Housing Strategy 2020in November 2014. The total targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units and meeting the housing needs of some 75,000 households through the Housing Assistance Payment and Rental Accommodation Scheme, will address the needs of the circa 90,000 households on the housing waiting lists.

Social housing targets have been set for each local authority out to 2017, including Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, and these are available on my Department’s website, along with the associated provisional funding allocations, at the following link: .

The targets set and the funding allocated are being invested in a combination of building, buying and leasing schemes by local authorities designed to accommodate 25% of those currently on the housing waiting lists.

In line with the targets set for social housing delivery, I announced a major social housing construction programme on 5 May 2015, with €312m investment covering all 31 local authorities and with over 1,700 housing units to be built. In July I announced a further investment of over €180 million to deliver over 1,100 new social housing units. This included over €150 million in approvals under the Capital Assistance Scheme which supports Approved Housing Bodies in the provision of new housing units for homeless persons, for the elderly and for people with disabilities including intellectual disabilities.

Details of the projects approved in May and July, including those approved for the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council area, are available on my Department’s website at the following links: ..

In May 2015, I also announced over €91 million worth of social housing investment to be used across a range of schemes to make more social housing available and to improve housing for people with disabilities, as well as retrofitting homes to improve energy efficiency. Details of these allocations, including for the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council area, are available on my Department’s website at the following link:.