Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to the local authorities to provide social housing for the waiting lists in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9320/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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On Monday last, I published a Social Housing Construction Projects Status Report, which lists all approved projects, including those delivered in 2016 and those at various stages of advancement through planning, design and construction. This report, which includes a number of projects for Cavan and Monaghan areas, which are either recently completed or being advanced, can be accessed at the following link:

www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/rebuilding_ireland_-_social_housing_construction_status_report_-_q4_2016.pdf.

Funding is provided by my Department to local authorities in line with their advancement of social housing construction projects. Accordingly, rather than a pre-set allocation of funding for this year, the level of funding to be provided to both Cavan and Monaghan local authorities will be directly linked to the scale of delivery they achieve on their approved projects.

I am keen that both local authorities advance these projects as speedily as possible and I have assured all local authorities that funding is in place to support their activity in this regard.