Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of capital funding social housing units built by local authorities in 2015 and the number of current funded social housing units in 2015; the number of current funded units that were leased through National Asset Residential Property Services, the National Asset Management Agency social housing vehicle, in 2015, and the number provided through long-term leasing and acquisition by local authority. [3102/16]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the 13,000 social housing units provided in 2015 that the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Paudie Coffey, alluded to on a current affairs programme (details supplied) by local authority and by programme, that is, housing assistance programme, rental accommodation scheme, capital funded new build, social inclusion, community activation programme and so on. [3103/16]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 473 and 474 together.

As noted in the Programme for Government Annual Report 2016, over 13,000 units were delivered across all social housing programmes in 2015, representing an 86% increase on the 7,000 units delivered in 2014. While this represents very tangible progress, in order to deal comprehensively with the housing list, further ambitious targets will be set annually. The target for 2016 is to deliver over 17,000 units across all social housing programmes.

I will shortly be publishing a comprehensive report on progress on social housing output in 2015, which will include a breakdown of the 13,000 units delivered last year. The report, when published, will be available on my Department's website.