Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households that had their social housing needs met in County Wicklow in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6835/17]

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households that had their social housing needs met in County Tipperary in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6836/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 231 together.

The provision of social housing support to qualified households is a matter for individual housing authorities in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and regulations made thereunder. The Act provides for a range of social housing supports which qualified households may avail of in order to meet their housing needs. In addition to traditional social housing, support also is also provided via the private rental sector through the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and through the voluntary sector via approved housing bodies.

My Department does not hold information on the allocation of dwellings to households on the waiting list which are owned or leased by a local authority or provided via an approved housing body. However, data on the number of households whose housing need is being met through HAP and RAS is available on my Department’s website at the following link:

www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision.

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the location of the 5,280 homes built, refurbished or acquired under Pillar 2 of the Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6837/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Government has set out ambitious targets for the delivery of social housing supports over the lifetime of Rebuilding Ireland. Last year, over 18,300 social housing supports were provided across a range of delivery programmes. Within this, preliminary data shows that around 5,280 new social houses were either purchased, leased, remediated or built by local authorities and approved housing bodies across the country using a range of funding mechanisms and delivery programmes.

The information on social housing delivery referenced above is provisional and full year statistics are collated by my Department based on returns from all the local authorities. These are published as part of a wide range of statistical information on housing, which is available on the Department’s website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision. The information on the website is up to date as of the end of quarter 3 of 2016; information for the full year of 2016 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly.