Written answers

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Social Housing Clearing House Group

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for further details, including background informmation, on the companies (details supplied) which made submissions to his Department, and which met with the social housing clearing house group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40487/15]

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the last date for submissions from interested groups to submit to the social housing clearing house group; if these submissions will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40488/15]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 573 and 574 together.

While the Clearing Housing Group is currently in the process of concluding its work and will be bringing forward recommendations, no final date has been set for interested groups to submit proposals.

Provisions applying in respect of the treatment and consideration of proposals are set out in the Protocol on engaging with proposers seeking to advance Social Housing Investment/Delivery Proposals in the context of the Social Housing Strategyand in the template form for submitting proposals, Assessment of Social Housing Investment/Delivery Proposals, copies of which are available on my Department’s website at following link:

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In relation to the entities referred to, the first entity is a component of a proposal submitted to the Clearing House Group by WK Nowlan Property Ltd. The second entity describes its mission as being to accelerate the development of social housing in partnership with Local Authorities and Approved Housing Bodies. The third entity has indicated in its proposal to the Clearing House Group that it seeks to facilitate investment by pension funds.

Having regard to issues of commercial sensitivity in relation to the information provided, it is not intended that proposals to the Clearing House Group would be published. However, it should be noted that both the protocol and assessment form provide that, amongst other things, all proposals will be subject to public procurement procedures in due course.

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